The Suncoast News

01/06/2026

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative employees raised enough money through their annual Angel Tree program to provide Christmas gifts for 202 children at six area schools this year.

01/06/2026

TARPON SPRINGS — City commissioners unanimously denied a request to build The Shoppes at Meres, a 13,057-square-foot medical and general office building on a 1.8-acre site at 1098 S. Pinellas Ave.

TARPON SPRINGS — City commissioners unanimously denied a request to build The Shoppes at Meres, a 13,057-square-foot medical and general office building on a 1.8-acre site at 1098 S. Pinellas

01/05/2026

Teachers say the math on pay increases isn’t adding up.

01/05/2026

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, four days before Christmas, dozens gathered at that corner to unveil a permanent memorial marker — transforming a place of tragedy into one of remembrance.

TARPON SPRINGS — For more than a decade, Teresa Kondek avoided the place where her husband took his last breath.

01/05/2026

Through Jan. 11, Pasco County is accepting discarded holiday trees, offering three locations in which to dispose of trees that will be recycled.

WESLEY CHAPEL — Through Jan. 11, Pasco County is accepting discarded holiday trees, offering three locations in which to dispose of trees that will be recycled.

01/05/2026

Safety Harbor voters will have a decision to make in March on who will represent them on the City Commission.

01/01/2026

In a world that doesn’t understand their devotion, these people get each other. Most are older women. Some have grown kids; many never had children. They read their birds bedtime stories, eat lunch with them, dance with them.

Every Thursday at 4 p.m., bird moms around the world flock to a Florida woman’s online class they say has changed their lives.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year to all! We all at Tampa Bay Newspapers hope you have a happy, healthy 2026 and may good things come your way! 🥳

12/30/2025

Epiphany Day in Tarpon Springs is recognized as one of the largest such events of its kind in the world, with thousands of visitors and many dignitaries making the pilgrimage to Pinellas County’s northernmost city each Jan. 6.

Epiphany Day in Tarpon Springs is recognized as one of the largest such events of its kind in the world, with thousands of visitors and many dignitaries making the pilgrimage

12/29/2025

In response to forecasted low temperatures, Hernando County Emergency Management, in partnership with the city of Brooksville, is opening a warming center to provide warmth and comfort to those in need.

In response to forecasted low temperatures, Hernando County Emergency Management, in partnership with the city of Brooksville, is opening a warming center to provide warmth and comfort to those in

12/29/2025

Despite the toll the disease has taken, one thing has never wavered — Baggett’s commitment to giving back. From 2004 to 2019, Scott and his wife visited kids in local hospitals with their therapy dogs — logging over 6,000 volunteer hours.

At just 4 years old, William “Scott” Baggett woke up paralyzed. Diagnosed with polio, he spent six months at Tampa General Hospital.

12/29/2025

Commissioners on Dec. 16 rejected staff's recommendation to purchase open-air golf carts for a tourist shuttle, citing safety and weather concerns, and directed staff to return with van options instead.

TARPON SPRINGS — Commissioners on Dec. 16 rejected staff's recommendation to purchase open-air golf carts for a tourist shuttle, citing safety and weather concerns, and directed staff to return with