Two facilities assisting people through life's tougher times are now ready to serve their growing populations. This weekend a day shelter for the homeless will open north of the city and next weekend a health care center accepting the noninsured sick opens downtown. The nonprofit faith-based group Grace Chapel Inc. will open a drop-in center for the homeless today, Saturday. ...more

March 21, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI urged ailing pilgrims to accept death "at the hour chosen by God," reasserting the Vatican's opposition to euthanasia today at an open-air Mass for the sick. Benedict administered the sacrament of the sick to pilgrims in wheelchairs and on gurneys, many bundled in quilts against the chill. ...more

September 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Detectives are investigating reports of mutilated cats found by residents of an enclave on 49th Street North, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 8, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - When he heard about an eagle that was shot and killed, Larry Byrd of Sarasota was, like many others, absolutely livid, angry enough to offer a reward. ...more

January 17, 2008

A local rancher is offering a $500 reward for any information leading to an arrest in connection with the shooting of two of his cows. ...more

October 29, 2007