The Laker - Lutz News

07/22/2025

The 2025 recreational bay scallop season for the Pasco Zone opened earlier this month and will remain open through Aug. 18.

This includes all state waters south of the Hernando-Pasco county line and north of the Anclote Key Lighthouse in northern Pinellas County, including all waters of the Anclote River.

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PASCO COUNTY – The 2025 recreational bay scallop season for the Pasco Zone opened July 10 and will remain open through Aug. 18. This includes all state waters south of the Hernando-Pasco county li…

07/18/2025

Superintendent John Legg expressed concern to the school board about how state and federal decisions will affect the budget for Pasco County Schools.

Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrated signing a $117.4 billion fiscal year budget for 2025-26 after making $567 million in line item vetoes.

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LAND O’ LAKES – Superintendent John Legg expressed concern to the school board July 8 about how state and federal decisions will affect the budget for Pasco County Schools. Legg told the school boa…

07/17/2025

Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Gulfside has set a new affiliate record with 88 homes built in its 2024-25 fiscal year, allowing 88 new families to enjoy the safety and security of homeownership 🏠

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CLEARWATER – Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Gulfside has set a new affiliate record with 88 homes built in its 2024-25 fiscal year, allowing 88 new families to enjoy the safety and security of home…

07/17/2025

The Lutz community came together in patriotic spirit to celebrate another 4th of July Celebration and Parade, sponsored by the Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club and supported by the Lutz Civic Association, Boy Scout Troop 12, Civil Air Patrol, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and the Lutz Fire Department.

LUTZ – The Lutz community came together in patriotic spirit to celebrate another 4th of July Celebration and Parade, sponsored by the Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club and supported by th…

07/16/2025

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07/15/2025

An equestrian estate at 19144 Huckavalle Road has sold for $3,650,000, achieving the highest-priced residential transaction in the 33556 zip code so far this year.

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ODESSA – An equestrian estate at 19144 Huckavalle Road has sold for $3,650,000, achieving the highest-priced residential transaction in the 33556 zip code so far this year. The sale was represente…

07/14/2025

St. Joseph's Hospital - North in Lutz will open a $2 million, 5,431-square-foot, eight-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit tomorrow with “couplet care” rooms.

The NICU will have two private couplet care rooms, each measuring 525 square feet, where mothers and babies are cared for together. Normally, mothers and babies are separated when babies need to go to the NICU.

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LUTZ – St. Joseph’s Hospital-North in Lutz will open a $2 million, 5,431-square-foot, eight-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on July 15 with “couplet care” rooms. The NICU will have two private co…

07/11/2025

The color of this Eastern screech owl makes it hard to spot in trees but you can’t fool eagle-eyed nature observer Brenna Hicks.

📸 Photo courtesy of Brenna Hicks

07/10/2025

Hey, Pinellas Trail enthusiasts! The Lake Tarpon Outfall Canal Bridge is open to the public! This important Penny for Pinellas project completes the last gap in the northern segment of the Pinellas Trail Loop, which will eventually encircle the county. Check back here for more photos and videos! And we'd love to see yours.

07/10/2025

Fehr & Peers is developing Safe Streets Pasco, a plan designed to reduce transportation-related fatalities and severe injuries.

Pasco County’s Metropolitan Planning Organization won a $320,000 Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant in 2023 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to create a safety action plan.

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NEW PORT RICHEY – Fehr & Peers is developing Safe Streets Pasco, a plan designed to reduce transportation-related fatalities and severe injuries. Pasco County’s Metropolitan Planning Organizat…

07/09/2025

The next chapter in Pasco County’s sports tourism legacy begins Aug. 1, as Sports Facilities Companies officially assumes operations of the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus.

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WESLEY CHAPEL – The next chapter in Pasco County’s sports tourism legacy begins Aug. 1, as Sports Facilities Companies officially assumes operations of the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus. While th…

07/08/2025

Tooth decay remains the most common chronic childhood disease in America, yet it’s nearly 100% preventable. That’s the message behind Tiny Teeth Matter, a new community initiative led by Premier Community HealthCare in partnership with the Early Learning Coalition of Pasco and Hernando Counties.

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DADE CITY, – Tooth decay remains the most common chronic childhood disease in America, yet it’s nearly 100% preventable. That’s the message behind Tiny Teeth Matter, a new community initiative led …