Marousa Placiotis, a single mom with four home-schooled sons and two foster children, is living a dream of owning her own farm. ...more

September 3, 2008

It's unfortunate that Gov. Charlie Crist, who otherwise demonstrated a healthy regard for public resources, failed to veto $12 million the Legislature approved for a new Panama City airport, a boondoggle with little purpose other than to promote development in remote Panhandle woodlands. ...more

June 13, 2008

The Tampa Bay area's transportation authority appeared Friday on Florida TaxWatch's list of "budget turkeys," raising the specter of a possible funding veto for a second straight year. ...more

May 31, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - In the past year, Kingdom Worship Center has distributed more than 100 bicycles, 1,500 turkeys, boxes of foods, bags and clothes and a car to those in need. The nondenominational Christian church, led by co-pastors the Rev. Robert Fruster and his wife, the Rev. Brenda Fruster, celebrated its first anniversary in November. It started with 15 members and now has about 200 attending Sunday morning services at Embassy Suites on the University of South Florida campus. ...more

January 2, 2008

The community's spirit of giving helped a local food bank at just the right time. ...more

December 26, 2007

Students in Dallas Mickner's art class at Randall Middle School took time to put pencil to paper this Thanksgiving capturing the spirit of the season with everything from turkeys to Pilgrims. ...more

December 5, 2007

It is one thing for the president of the United States to pardon a pair of turkeys every year and send them off to live out their days in Florida. It's quite another to save a turkey from the Thanksgiving table by inviting it to live with you. ...more

November 22, 2007

SEBRING — Inmates in the Highlands County Jail will be served a special turkey dinner today. With Tuesday's jail population bulging at 453, the cooks, along with supervised inmates, are preparing a special Thanksgiving lunch, said Detention Maj. David Paeplow. Each inmate will get three ounces of meat, a half-cup of green beens, half-cup corn, half-cup of dressing, a roll, two ounces of cranberry, an eight-ounce serving of mashed potatoes, one piece of cake and sweet tea. But jail is jail. Inmates won't get a choice of white or dark meat, Paeplow said, and no seconds. "They get whatever is put on their plates," he said. ...more

November 22, 2007

AVON PARK — The Union Congregational Church got their orders prepped Wednesday. On the tables and in the kitchen: 75 large turkeys, 350 pounds of potatoes, 100 cans of cranberries, 102 pies, dozens of industrial-sized cans of sweet corn and about 85 volunteers. It was enough to turn the church's multi-purpose room into something rivaling the mess of Santa's workshop. ...more

November 22, 2007

In keeping with a holiday tradition, the Zephyrhills Noon Rotary Club will brighten the holidays of families in need today, making a delivery of 25 turkeys throughout Pasco County. ...more

November 21, 2007