Residents in one southwest Florida county will get a phone call when a sex offender moves into the neighborhood. ...more

February 1, 2009

Less than a year after getting a $1 million grant, the University of South Florida's lifelong learning program has received another million. ...more

January 25, 2009

Somewhere in our city there is a guy who doesn't realize how his life changed for the better late Monday afternoon. ...more

January 13, 2009

Tony Dungy's place in football history has long since been secure, but as fine a football coach as he was it is generally agreed he is an even better person. ...more

January 12, 2009

Economic inequality is growing in the world's richest countries, particularly in the United States, jeopardizing the American Dream of social mobility just as the world tilts toward recession, a 30-nation report said Tuesday. ...more

October 22, 2008

SEBRING -- Penne Manar says she still gets goose bumps when she recalls how, seven years ago, she came to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County. She balked at a friend's invitation to join this non-profit, Christian faith-based organization that helps hard working people work and save their way into a new home that otherwise would be unreachable. Nearing the end of two years as volunteer president of the Florida Hospital Auxiliary, Manar worried that joining another service organization would stretch her time and energy too thin. But she accepted an invitation to attend a Habitat home dedication. Manar watched as a single mother with three young children, having saved the down payment and completed her 400 hours of "sweat equity" work, was given a Bible and house keys and became a first-time homeowner. ...more

October 19, 2008

A South Shore-based organization wants to catch up to area youths before they fall into a life of crime. To that end, Youth Environmental Services will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at its headquarters. The goal of the organization is to treat and rehabilitate delinquent males ages 14 to 18 and to prevent them from entering the criminal justice system. ...more

August 12, 2008

Cover Florida, a new low-cost health insurance plan Gov. Charlie Crist says will address the problem of the uninsured, looks like a dud before it gets out of the gate. ...more

August 6, 2008

He was a long way from South Korea, but he had every intention of going back. ...more

August 2, 2008

A cruise ship chartered by a Japan-based organization that promotes peace will arrive in Tampa today and disgorge about 900 passengers as the ship undergoes repairs to its hull. ...more

July 21, 2008