Tarpon Springs faces an interesting quandary of caring, when it comes to helping the homeless. Over the years, several kindhearted and caring angels have gotten together to provide many basic services for the homeless. In Tarpon, a homeless person can find free hot meals every day of the week, clothing, a food pantry, day shelter to shower and receive mail and health care. When the weather turns cold there is a cold night shelter. The phrase "build it and they will come" has never been truer. ...more

October 24, 2009

Panhandlers have been growing increasingly aggressive and menacing downtown and in other commercial areas of the city. ...more

October 24, 2009

East Lake Park residents are alarmed by a proposal to build a facility for the homeless nearby. You would be too if a "tent city" was proposed near your neighborhood. ...more

March 2, 2009

Frances DiPietro of New Port Richey has second thoughts about giving money to street people after being asked: "Do you have any more? I almost have enough to buy six hits of Vicodin." ...more

February 28, 2009

On Monday, five two-person teams of volunteers fanned out across the county, helping the Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless conduct its annual, weeklong survey of homeless people in the county. ...more

January 27, 2009

Local self-storage business is collecting blankets for the area's homeless. ...more

December 27, 2008

The balloons rose as dusk fell and Venus grew visible in the darkening sky. ...more

December 24, 2008

Andrea Munro knew Tamara Geltmaker was taken from this world too soon. Although she never smoked, Geltmaker died from lung cancer in August at age 54. ...more

December 4, 2008

A group of homeless people waiting in line for food outside city hall Tuesday night beat unconscious a man who had attacked two of their group for no apparent reason, St. Petersburg police said. The man was incoherent and could not be identified, St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa said. ...more

July 30, 2008

Known for its freshwater lakes and bird-watching venues, Lake Placid in Highlands County was the kind of small town where Gregory Johnson was naturally buffered from the seamier sides of life. ...more

June 25, 2008