Shortages of food for the poor and hungry is becoming so severe a local food bank has contemplated raising its own crops. The Volunteer Way, on Congress Street in New Port Richey, is scheduled to meet Monday night with officials of a church in the area which has several acres of land, Lester Cypher, CEO of the Volunteer Way, said today. ...more

February 11, 2008

BRADENTON - For more than two weeks, Justin Matthews had been trying to capture a 13-foot-long python outside the Wal-Mart on State Road 64. ...more

February 6, 2008

Those Aren't Jingle Bells Step one: Go to Christmas Lane in Dover. Step two: Spot a handsome volunteer. Step three: Start volunteering so you can meet him. Step four: Fall in love. Kendall Burnette and Scotty Jenkins are at step five: They're getting married at the holiday attraction a year after they met there. ...more

December 23, 2007

Hillsborough County is looking for a volunteer to serve on the University Area Enterprise Zone Development Agency Board. ...more

December 22, 2007

A local seasonal treat, Church Street Christmas, is back, starting tonight. ...more

December 21, 2007

I am a volunteer at a local youth correctional facility. I deal with youths 13 to 18 years old on a daily basis. Almost every youth I have dealt with in the last two years has one thing in common: They all think they are gangster thugs. ...more

December 15, 2007

A Ruskin church that had a trailer full of food stolen last week is reaching out to a Pinellas Park church damaged by an arsonist on Sunday. ...more

November 21, 2007

RUSKIN - A Ruskin church that had a trailer full of food stolen last week is reaching out to a Pinellas Park church damaged by an arsonist Sunday. ...more

November 20, 2007

The investigation is continuing into an accusation of sexual abuse by a volunteer at Lakeland's First Baptist Church at the Mall. ...more

October 31, 2007

The Lakeland Police Department is investigating allegations of sexual abuse involving middle school and high school students who have attended First Baptist Church at the Mall. ...more

October 29, 2007