Michael Vick lives in a prison in Kansas, making 12 cents an hour while plotting his return to the NFL. His houses and farms will soon be gone, the two yachts are history, and he's down to his last couple of Range Rovers. ...more

November 18, 2008

A local pastor devised a way for parishioners to part with some of their most treasured items, while they learn from the experience. ...more

November 14, 2008

Metropolitan Ministries had a good idea this past Christmas season, and now it's an even better one. ...more

February 9, 2008

When confronted with the choice of losing his job at a Winter Haven warehouse or spending as much time as possible at the hospital with his cancer-stricken daughter, Michael Gates never flinched. ...more

December 23, 2007

As the year comes to an end, we are faced with a holiday that is the most celebrated in the world. Christmas is a special time of year in this country. Its traditions go back a long way in history. ...more

December 15, 2007

Operation Unwrap A Smile is marking its second year of service with a wide-scale holiday campaign to help others. ...more

December 14, 2007

A long while back, one of the finest teachers I have ever encountered described life as "an inexorable march to the junk heap." He was referring specifically to the physical and economic tenure of material things, noting that their lives couldn't be extended forever, but could be lengthened by attention to proper maintenance. ...more

November 14, 2007

James Evans is looking for children with a problem. Those are the ones the former Buccaneer hopes to turn from hopeless to optimistic, from dependency to self-sufficiency through his 11-year-old organization, Tampa Bay Academy of Hope. ...more

October 27, 2007

A large number of family members, 70 to 80 strong, were joined Oct. 6 by 125 friends and acquaintances to pay their final respects to a family matriarch and former elementary school teacher. ...more

October 13, 2007