It was a good deed, indeed. Some 50 Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts fulfilled their daily mission to do a good deed as they helped launch the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign in west Pasco County on Friday. ...more

November 12, 2009

Some 50 Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts helped launch the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign in West Pasco on Friday. ...more

November 11, 2009

Christmas came in July for organizers of the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign for gifts for needy children. ...more

November 4, 2009

On Friday, Hillsborough County Tax Collector Doug Belden said wait times were averaging more than an hour, after averaging less than 15 minutes for eight years. At one point, there were more than 200 people waiting in the tax collector's Brandon and West County offices. Here are tips to avoid long lines or waits. ...more

August 31, 2009

Sickles junior Jason McDade was looking for a service project to earn Eagle Scout status when his sister's old glasses caught his attention. ...more

January 7, 2009

Sickles junior Jason McDade was looking for a service project to earn Eagle Scout status when his sister's old glasses caught his attention. ...more

January 7, 2009

For the second day in a row, voters across the Tampa Bay area are lining up outside polling stations in record numbers to cast ballots for the Nov. 4 election. ...more

October 21, 2008

Reading the headlines and watching TV news about the violent rape of an 18-year-old woman last week in Valrico ripped open decades-old pain for one area woman who said she suffered a similar attack. ...more

May 3, 2008

As custom, we offer our projected plan for 2008 for TAD. TAD stands for "The American Dream." We are committed to the proposition that all Pasco County children may some day seize the opportunity to achieve the great American dream. ...more

February 15, 2008

Jennifer Gooch's mission was to create a simple Web site where people could go to find their lost gloves. Even if no happy reunions ever took place, she was content to spread a little good will. ...more

December 25, 2007