Authorities are poised to confiscate the property of a group of homeless people camped outside the St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen – or at least those belongings the homeless can't carry off on their own. ...more

December 2, 2009

Television cooking star Rachael Ray is boosting the local food supply for a struggling Ohio town. ...more

November 9, 2009

Jan Slater's family life has changed drastically since she was hired as executive director of the Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce in 2006. ...more

October 28, 2009

Three people have been arrested this week on charges they enlisted men at a soup kitchen to cash fake checks at a store, St. Petersburg police say. The checks were made out to the soup kitchen patrons, as if they were the legitimate employees of a plumbing company, police say. ...more

March 26, 2009

With the recent chilly weather, advocates for the poor want to make sure homeless people in the Brandon area aren't left out in the cold. ...more

February 18, 2009

In her AIDS-scarred South African township, Sweetness Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise for George W. Bush that echoes to the deserts of Namibia, the hills of Rwanda and the villages of Ethiopia. ...more

January 11, 2009

Provided she gets enough volunteers, Kristin Taylor and others with THORN Ministries are planning an effort similar to their Thanksgiving dinner for the poor on Christmas Day. ...more

December 10, 2008

Two witnesses fought flames spurting out the back of a car that was crumpled by an alleged drunken driver in a rear-end collision that killed a local soup kitchen manager around 6 a.m. Friday. ...more

November 29, 2008

Officials at Community Chapel Church of God hope to feed 100 people today. ...more

November 27, 2008

Hoping to understand others' suffering, a group of Saint Leo University students and teachers went 24 hours without food to raise awareness of hunger in Haiti. ...more

November 20, 2008