'His demeanor is perfect': PSO therapy dogs help deputies with mental health-related calls

More law enforcement agencies are changing how they handle people in crisis, including the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Within the department’s behavioral health intervention team, there are four trained therapy dogs, and K-9 Mango is one of them.

Pasco deputies arrest suspect connected to deadly Dade City shooting

Pasco County deputies have arrested an 18-year-old suspect following the shooting in Dade City where a father was killed and two children were hospitalized.

‘This is the worst nightmare for any parent’: 1 dead, 2 juveniles injured in Dade City shooting

The father of an 11-year-old boy was killed and two juveniles were injured Wednesday afternoon following a teenage fistfight in the Johns Road area of Dade City, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. 

Trial underway in 2010 murder, dismemberment of 'ThunderCats' animator

Prosecutors are not holding back, showing graphic crime scene photos and bloody evidence on the first day of the trial of Jame Davis, accused in the 2010 murder and dismemberment of "ThunderCats" animator Stephen Perry

FHP: 5 kids, 1 adult from Philadelphia injured in I-75 crash after impaired driver stops in middle of lane

Six people visiting from Philadelphia – including a group of children as young as one and as old as 10 – were seriously injured after crashing into an impaired driver, troopers say.

Deputies warn swimmers of sharks off Pasco County coast

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is warning swimmers to be aware of sharks after its aviation unit captured video of the fish near Anclote Island on Thursday.

FHP: Teen traveling more than 100 mph arrested nearly 4 months after double fatal Pasco County crash

A teenager accused of speeding down a Pasco County road at 114 miles per hour and making multiple lane changes moments before colliding with an SUV and killing two people inside has been arrested. 

Hillsborough, Pasco voters to decide on tax referendum to support public schools

Voters in Pasco and Hillsborough counties will get to decide if they want to pay a millage tax to support public schools after county commissioners for both counties approved the measure this week.

Diverging Diamond: New traffic pattern opens at SR-56 and I-75

A new traffic pattern opened Monday at one of the busiest intersections in Pasco County, aimed at alleviating congestion that has worsened with an explosion of development.

FHP: New Port Richey woman hits gas instead of brake, crashes into neighbor’s home

A New Port Richey homeowner has quite a mess to clean up after a neighbor drove a pickup truck into their residence Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. 

FHP: Accused drunk driver with possible hand grenade in car arrested in Pasco County

The state fire marshal was called to investigate a bomb threat Friday night in Wesley Chapel after state troopers found a possible hand grenade in a vehicle belonging to an accused drunk driver. 

PCSO: 1 injured in Dade City drive-by shooting

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect or suspects who opened fire at a group of people in Dade City early Saturday morning. 

Pasco bus drivers demand better pay as negotiations continue with school district

Pasco School bus drivers held a rally outside district headquarters on Land O' Lakes Boulevard Friday, demanding better pay as negotiations between their union and district leaders continued.

Pasco County woman's film highlights heroism, trauma recovery after escaping a serial killer

It was 1981 in Orlando when 8-year-old Gina M. Garcia was in a bookstore when she was abducted by a man believed to be Ottis Toole, a serial killer. He took her to his car in a mall parking lot.