It was one of those charity breakfasts where 500 people show up at the same time to park in the convention center's parking garage. Next to the machine that dispenses parking tickets at the garage entrance was a sign telling you to take a ticket and then proceed and pay inside. ...more

May 9, 2008

Nearly seven years after a hijacked airplane crashed into the Pentagon, the largest charity established to help Washington area victims and their families is closing, becoming the last major Sept. 11-related charity to shut down. ...more

May 4, 2008

A Marine sergeant who became a symbol of resilience as he strove to recover from a roadside bomb blast in Iraq that blanketed 97 percent of his body with burns has died, the Defense Department said. He was 22. ...more

May 3, 2008

Second-grade teacher Leigh Burdette and kindergarten aide Rhonda Locker went lip to snout with a pig recently to raise money for charity. ...more

February 26, 2008

PLANT CITY - Second-grade teacher Leigh Burdette and kindergarten aide Rhonda Locker went lip to snout with a pig today to raise money for charity. ...more

February 22, 2008

Regarding "Penniless Man Returns $100 Find" (front page, Feb. 15): I want to thank The Tampa Tribune for placing this story on the front page. As the main headline that day was about a tragedy in Illinois, this local story of an honest man and a teenager who was brought up right in this day is the real news. We would love to read about this news more often. ...more

February 18, 2008

A charity specializing in refurbishing computers for students and missionaries who can't afford to buy them is outgrowing its space. ...more

February 16, 2008

In regard to Ron Rae's fool's golden egg opinion, I would like him to donate his $240 to charity since it means so little to him. ...more

February 7, 2008

Tickets are almost all gone. But there is still plenty of space for vendors. ...more

February 3, 2008

Our association needs to know if we have the legal right to have a vehicle removed from an assigned parking place without the owner's consent. The vehicle is not in proper condition, leaks oil, lacks tags and has flat tires. ...more

January 26, 2008