A local man remained in jail Friday on no bond after being charged with a number of counts following his Thursday arrest for shoplifting. ...more

January 11, 2009

Bradenton police are looking for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured a 90-year-old man today. ...more

January 5, 2009

The mood was delightful inside the cafeteria of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point for the annual holiday gift basket distribution last week. ...more

December 19, 2008

The weather outside was frightful on a cold, rain-swept Friday morning. But the mood was so delightful inside the cafeteria of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point for the annual holiday gift basket distribution. Some 77 needy families in West Pasco will have happy holidays as a result, the Rev. Jack Long, the pastor at the hospital, emphasized. ...more

December 17, 2008

The Salvation Army is starting to feel panicky. It's 500 frozen turkeys short for Christmas dinner. ...more

December 16, 2008

The Salvation Army is starting to feel panicky. It's 500 frozen turkeys short for Christmas dinner. ...more

December 15, 2008

I've been known to cry in the supermarket when I hear "I'll Be Home for Christmas." When I'm really touched, I sob. Other people don't like sobbing in public, as I found out when I was asked to leave the movie "Imitation of Life," I was attending long ago with several high school girlfriends. So far I've never been chastised for crying over Walter Kent's well-known song. However, I'm sure I'm on borrowed time, as I make a blubbering nuisance of myself every year. ...more

December 10, 2008

America's Second Harvest of Tampa Bay held its 14th Annual Empty Bowls Luncheon on Nov. 20 at Lykes Gaslight Park. More than $50,000 was collected to help raise awareness and money for those who are hungry in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

December 3, 2008

Retail giant Wal-Mart has called a halt to its controversial plans to build one of its Supercenter retail complexes in Tarpon Springs, near the Anclote River. ...more

November 21, 2008

The American Legion Post 69 and the Women's Auxiliary Unit 69 Avon Park held a very successful turkey raffle and casino night. ...more

November 21, 2008