Public Safety
Pasco County Fire Rescue deployed 30 Urban Search and Rescue and Swiftwater Rescue personnel to Tallahassee on Thursday to support Panhandle communities bracing for Hurricane Isaias, which is forecast to make landfall near the Florida-Alabama border late Friday or early Saturday.
Public Safety
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a temporary injunction in Pasco County Circuit Court on Oct. 7 seeking to force Meta to remove users under 14, cap teen screen time at two hours and disable features the state calls addictive on Instagram and Facebook.
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Moffitt Cancer Center will open its 250,000-square-foot Discovery and Innovation Center on the Speros campus in Land O' Lakes on Oct. 22, adding a major research hub to a 775-acre development projected to create 11,000 jobs by 2033.
Moffitt Cancer Center's mobile lung screening unit, the only one in Florida, stopped at the Angeline community in Land O' Lakes on World Lung Day, offering low-dose CT scans to at-risk residents as part of a push to close a screening gap that leaves 84% of eligible adults unscreened.
Orlando Health opened a 10,865-square-foot freestanding emergency room on State Road 54 in Lutz on Sept. 15, offering 24-hour adult and pediatric care with 10 exam rooms, imaging and lab services.
Pasco County Fire Rescue deployed 30 Urban Search and Rescue and Swiftwater Rescue personnel to Tallahassee on Thursday to support Panhandle communities bracing for Hurricane Isaias, which is forecast to make landfall near the Florida-Alabama border late Friday or early Saturday.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a temporary injunction in Pasco County Circuit Court on Oct. 7 seeking to force Meta to remove users under 14, cap teen screen time at two hours and disable features the state calls addictive on Instagram and Facebook.
The Southwest Florida Water Management District will conduct prescribed burns on about 300 acres of the Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve near Lutz and Odessa through December 2026, with companion burns planned at four Pasco County preserves.
Pasco County deputies arrested Dominick DeMao, 41, of Land O' Lakes on 10 felony digital voyeurism charges after his wife allegedly found AI-generated explicit videos of herself, friends and family members on his phone.
Dutch police arrested a suspected ShinyHunters hacker linked to the Canvas data breach that exposed student records at Hillsborough County Public Schools and USF, but families still await details on exactly what local data was taken.
Pasco County has launched a nearly $25 million Small Business & Non-Profit Recovery Program for organizations hit by Hurricanes Idalia, Helene or Milton, with a free virtual workshop on Sept. 30 to explain eligibility and how to apply.
Sunlake junior linebacker Blake Daniels broke the school's single-game tackle record, adding to a season in which he leads the Seahawks in tackles and plays multiple roles on offense and special teams.
Steinbrenner High's girls and boys swim teams both won Western Conference American Division titles in late September, and the girls added a 2026 Hillsborough County championship that included a record-breaking relay performance.
The Sunlake Seahawks won 14-10 at Weeki Wachee on Friday, bouncing back from a blowout loss to improve to 3-3 heading into a district road game at Wesley Chapel on Oct. 9.
The Sunlake Academy of Math and Science girls cross country team qualified for the FLYRA state championship for the first time in school history, with the charter school girls race set for Oct. 31 in Lakeland.
Pasco-Hernando State College's women's soccer team recorded the first conference win in program history with a 2-1 road victory over Pensacola State on Sept. 18, powered by first-half goals from Giada Chechile and Jada Lindo and eight saves from goalkeeper Olivia Frazier.
Sunlake junior William "AJ" Harris plays hockey for Cypress Creek High School in Wesley Chapel because Sunlake has never fielded a team, competing in the Lightning High School Hockey League against area schools including Steinbrenner.
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Megan published her first poem in the Sun Sentinel at the age of 11 and has been locked in ever since. She attended UF and FIU and has a degree in Communication Arts. Her professional background includes photography, editing, writing, translation, and graphic design. Megan enjoys learning language, art and vegan foods.
Editor
Megan published her first poem in the Sun Sentinel at the age of 11 and has been locked in ever since. She attended UF and FIU and has a degree in Communication Arts. Her professional background includes photography, editing, writing, translation, and graphic design. Megan enjoys learning language, art and vegan foods.
Editor
Megan published her first poem in the Sun Sentinel at the age of 11 and has been locked in ever since. She attended UF and FIU and has a degree in Communication Arts. Her professional background includes photography, editing, writing, translation, and graphic design. Megan enjoys learning language, art and vegan foods.
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