Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel’s State-Of-The-Art Wellness Plaza Opens!

By Matt Wiley

A line of traffic forms on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., just north of the Shops at Wiregrass mall. The hundreds of vehicles are turning right into the entrance of the new Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC). Contrary to what many might assume driving past the long line of slow-moving traffic, there is not some sort of pandemic sweeping the area. In fact, the reality of the situation is quite the opposite.Continue reading

Edward Jones Office Moves From Tampa Palms To Wesley Chapel!

By Camille Gillies

Edward Jones may have left the building – but not the area! After 18 years, the familiar Edward Jones financial services office fronting Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in the City Plaza at Tampa Palms shopping center has relocated to the Windfair Professional Center, across BBD from the new Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel.Continue reading

Doughertys Sentenced To 35 Years In GA

The convictions continue to pile up for the “Dougherty Gang.”

On December 17, nearly 18 months after the three Pasco County siblings were taken into custody in Colorado following a cross-country crime spree, the Associated Press (AP) reports that each has received 35-year, 8-month sentences from federal judge Hugh Lawson for robbing a Certus Bank in Valdosta, GA, on August 2, 2011. The trio began their run just east of Wesley Chapel, on S.R. 54 in Zephyrhills, and was not taken into custody until August 10 in Colorado.Continue reading

Bullets Found On­ New Tampa Buses

By Matt Wiley

Schools across the country have been on edge during the weeks following one of the biggest school shootings in history. The fact that bullets were discovered on school buses that serve New Tampa schools two days in a row less than a week after the incidents in Newtown, CT, has not helped.Continue reading

WC Bank Burglarized During Dec. 24 Spree

It’s the season of giving, but one pink-gloved man thinks otherwise.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), between the hours of 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. on December 24, an unidentified black male (photo), wearing pink gloves, a white, hooded sweatshirt and a dark colored mask smashed a window at the Heritage Bank on S.R. 54. PCSO reports that the burglar pried open a cabinet once inside, but no money was taken.Continue reading