East Pasco Habitat for Humanity is helping the Ishmaku family dedicate a new home erected with the help of hundreds of local women. ...more

December 14, 2007

Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and Bob Butterworth, secretary of the state's Department of Children & Families, were on hand Thursday to recognize Eleanor Hall of Bartow as an official "Point of Light." ...more

November 29, 2007

Two women received their keys this month as Habitat for Humanity dedicated two new homes in Plant City. ...more

November 28, 2007

Machelle Brinson was a hard-working single mother who put in as many as 90 hours a week at the Tropicana juice plant to make life better for her three teenage daughters, family and friends said. ...more

November 20, 2007

A private school claims the mother of a former student crossed the line in a critical Internet blog she wrote about her daughter's experiences there. ...more

November 19, 2007

You don't have to be a Boy Scout to live by the motto "Be prepared." Many American workers learn that lesson each year, as foreign competition, technology and other factors force their companies to shut down or move overseas. People ask, "How am I going to make it?" ...more

November 11, 2007

Experts say Nora Sandigo's bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to stop deportation of illegal immigrants with U.S.-born children hasn't a prayer. Sandigo just nods. She has heard it all before. ...more

November 5, 2007

In a rare rebuke, a bar association has criticized a judge for refusing to uphold sexual assault charges against a man accused of letting friends rape a prostitute he had hired. The judge said she considered the case 'theft of services.' ...more

November 1, 2007

Gregory Weinstein thought a house he bought last month was so ugly it could win a contest. ...more

October 21, 2007

It's a common lament in the work world: colleagues who say the only reason they put up with the slog of work - the only reason they aren't out pursuing their dreams as a bandleader, dog breeder or novelist - is because of their children's hairy tuition bills. ...more

October 17, 2007