The opening of a bank isn't usually cause for a neighborhood celebration, but in the Midtown area Dec. 22 the new GTE Federal Credit Union was a community event. ...more

December 28, 2009

"Is he gonna turn the switch, or what's he gonna do?" At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the five men in the coffee clatch at McDonald's were manning their usual stations. None planned to go to the Turner Center, where the president's helicopter was supposed to meet a motorcade of a dozen black Suburbans, white government SUVs and local police cars. ...more

October 28, 2009

A Pasco County jury deliberated two hours Tuesday before finding Larkin Derks III guilty of robbery in the February holdup of a Bank of America branch. ...more

October 1, 2009

A Pasco County jury Tuesday deliberated two hours before finding Larkin Derks III guilty of robbery in the February holdup of a Bank of America ...more

September 30, 2009

Hundreds of people lined up at Five Star Dental Care July 11 to take dentist Jeff Bynum up on his offer to provide free services for anyone without insurance or enough money to pay for treatments. Many camped out overnight at the office. Bynum said the event was a great success. ...more

July 22, 2009

"Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives," by David Eagleman (Pantheon, $20) ...more

March 15, 2009

Tickets for Michael Jackson's 50 London concerts sold out within hours of becoming available, organizers said today. ...more

March 13, 2009

Courtland Hunt has been busy running his new business, Liberty Tax, but he has managed to make time for some very notable random acts of kindness to benefit families in our community. ...more

February 11, 2009

The number of people in need has swollen so much that Nativity Food Pantry volunteers must distribute lottery numbers to residents waiting in line each Thursday afternoon to receive help. ...more

January 21, 2009

Dozens of potential future puppy owners flocked to the Suncoast Animal League this morning, hoping for a shot to adopt a pack of puppies rescued from a small town in Georgia this month. ...more

December 27, 2008