It's a chance to gain independence from welfare, to find a job and possibly buy a home. ...more

January 12, 2009

A community forum on a youth golf program at Rogers Park Golf Course will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the course, 7911 N. Willie Black Drive. ...more

November 11, 2008

Despite tight budgets, county commissioners recently decided to pay $198,000 to extend a program another year to help mentally ill people who might otherwise wind up in jails. ...more

November 9, 2008

Highlands County Court Judge Anthony Ritenour will not allow inmates to serve jail time on the weekend work release program until changes are implemented. ...more

October 8, 2008

When the court feels inmates deserve a break, it has the option of assigning them to perform community service tasks through the Highlands County Sheriff's Community Maintenance Program. ...more

September 15, 2008

A $1,000 grant from Sam's Club in New Port Richey has given a boost to the Young Workers Program, a Sertoma Speech and Hearing Foundation of Florida program that helps young people with hearing impairments find and maintain quality jobs. ...more

July 5, 2008

Leaders from several Latin American countries have come to the University of South Florida searching for the tools to bring change in their homelands. ...more

January 30, 2008

Most residents' interaction with the city's police department is limited to being caught on the wrong side of the law or reporting a crime. ...more

November 24, 2007

not simply a lifestyle choice. ...more

November 15, 2007