5 Things You Shouldn't Have Missed

Patch wants to be your source for local news coverage. We also want to make online community conversation online fun and easy.

Sometimes, it’s our local coverage that is the most  striking thing about the site. Sometimes the most notable thing about a post is the conversations that arise from what we post.

Sometimes we do both things well.

Have a busy week and miss one of the post that highlights our coverage or has got people chatting.

Catch up and join the conversation by following the links below to find some highlights of the coverage and conversation on our  site from this past week.

Witness Helped Save Deputy Under Attack

• The suspect in the case was already under arrest and was being transported to jail when he tried to escape.

Estela's Opens on Main Street

• The eatery brings Mexican flavor to the historic district.

Details Emerge in Holiday Homicide

• Baron Von Duke Vercruysse is accused of killing his father and committing arson

Pasco Deputies Won't Return to Elementary Schools

• The extra security provided for Pasco County elementary schools following the Newtown, Conn., shootings will not continue when classes resume Jan. 8.

Walmart Shooter Identified by Mother Tells Deputies He 'Just Snapped'

• Daniel P. Quinnell was arrested Friday morning for what the sheriff's office is calling a hate crime.