Cynthia Pinckney Ministries' final 2008 Saturday outreach for the homeless and needy will take place from noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Able Body Labor, 12006 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Seffner. Volunteers planning to attend are asked to contact Pinckney in advance at (813) 571-1556 or cp@cynthia pinckneymi nistries.org. ...more

October 15, 2008

Cynthia Pinckney Ministries will hold a free volunteer training class with lunch and drinks from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the library and fellowship hall of Westminster Presbyterian Church, 402 Lumsden Road E., Brandon. ...more

June 25, 2008

Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe early Saturday, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle of cognac before stealing away into the darkness. ...more

January 20, 2008

Some people's visions are a bit more detailed than others. When it came to drafting a vision statement for the Brandon Community Plan, some members of the plan's steering committee wanted a terse document. ...more

December 22, 2007

She has been a U.S. citizen only a couple of weeks, but Martini Barksdale can recite obscure facts about American history and rattle off more details about current political events than most lifelong residents of the country. ...more

September 20, 2007

It's not like a local version of Manifest Destiny. Brandon residents aren't trying a land-grab. ...more

September 13, 2007

The former principal of The Language Academy has filed a lawsuit against the now-defunct charter school, claiming she was wrongfully terminated. ...more

September 3, 2007