A $1,000 grant from Sam's Club in New Port Richey has given a boost to the Young Workers Program, a Sertoma Speech and Hearing Foundation of Florida program that helps young people with hearing impairments find and maintain quality jobs. ...more

July 5, 2008

Mary Billman often relies on volunteer drivers to take her to and from chemotherapy treatments at her doctors' office in Tampa. ...more

July 2, 2008

County officials are celebrating the decision by an aerospace manufacturing firm to relocate to the Airport Corporate Park. ...more

June 25, 2008

A steering committee for the International Baccalaureate program has recommended that the school district appoint a program coordinator to shepherd the school district's application should Highlands County School Board opt for the prestigious international high school curriculum. ...more

February 20, 2008

ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA - Scientists are trying to figure out what killed an endangered newborn right whale that washed up on a Volusia County beach. ...more

January 28, 2008

PORT ST. LUCIE - Internet traffic is going to be heavy this week if an egg hatches from a tree in a Port St. Lucie community. ...more

January 7, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Jennifer Oswald's plan to serve her neighborhood as part of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Volunteer Citizen Patrol will have to wait. ...more

January 3, 2008

With a much-anticipated cold front finally touching Hernando County, local officials are making sure homeless residents have options to stay warm. ...more

December 17, 2007

TARPON SPRINGS — Each year students of All Saints Christian School, 1700 Keystone Road, bring their pets in for blessing, after the tradition of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th century patron saint of animals. ...more

October 3, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY -- The Volunteer Citizen Patrol Program has had much success in Apollo Beach and Westchase, and now the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office wants to bring the program to the Bay Crest and Twelve Oaks neighborhoods. Tuesday evening a handful of interested locals attended a meeting led by Cpl. Albert Selke and Deputy Faith Nadel, the volunteer program coordinator for the sheriff's office. The duo explained the ins and outs of the program and answered questions. Bay Crest and Twelve Oaks were chosen for the program's expansion because the neighborhoods already have a patrolling system. With the citizen patrol, residents will now have a direct link to the sheriff's office, Nadel said. Duties include: patrolling neighborhoods, assisting with school crossings, documenting graffiti and assisting with road obstructions. ...more

September 5, 2007