At the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, an investigator occasionally goes into Internet chat rooms and poses as a teenage girl. ...more

November 1, 2009

The people of Hernando County are sick. According to the 2008 Florida Department of Health Assessment Survey nearly half of the county is overweight or obese, has diabetes and either smokes of uses tobacco in one form of another. ...more

October 29, 2009

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all walks of life will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of a fallen Hillsborough County sheriff's officer known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints in Hillsborough County. ...more

October 28, 2009

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all walks of life will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of a fallen Hillsborough County sheriff's officer known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints in the area. ...more

October 28, 2009

Al Noto started the fundraiser for Tampa's MacDonald Training Center 34 years ago. It has grown to an event that attracts people from all walks of life, who come to eat spaghetti and reconnect with old friends. This year an estimated 1,200 people attended the March 19 lunch in West Tampa. More than $19,000 was raised. The money helps the center, a nonprofit effort that helps developmentally disabled adults. ...more

April 1, 2009

WEST TAMPA - Al Noto began the fundraiser for Tampa's MacDonald Training Center 34 years ago. Through the years it has grown to a fundraiser that attracts people from all walks of life, including judges, politicians and civic leaders who come to lend a hand serving spaghetti. ...more

March 31, 2009

One morning early next month it is believed the sun will return to the same position in the sky, on the same day of the week, it occupied 5,769 years ago -- on the day of creation. Scores of Pinellas County residents, from all walks of life, will gather at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8, at the east end of the Dunedin Causeway, " to perform the rarest event on the Jewish calendar," The Blessing of the Sun, said Rabbi Levi Hodakov, program director of Chabad of Pinellas County. ...more

March 28, 2009

Patrick Smith read a newspaper article about the Italian luncheon and fundraiser held each year on St. Joseph's Feast Day and knew he had to help. ...more

March 20, 2009

Pleasure Points in Spring Hill donates $5 from every purchase toward this year's 3-Day Walk. ...more

March 16, 2009

One served four years as a Hillsborough County commissioner and has accumulated numerous awards for philanthropic efforts for organizations serving all walks of life. Another was orphaned as a child and lost a husband as a young woman, but still went on to success in her personal life as well as in her efforts to make her community a better place. ...more

February 25, 2009