Fourteen local clubs and organizations earned $37,852.69 to give back to the community by staffing precincts on Election Day last month, Supervisor of Elections Brian E. Corley announced recently. In the Adopt-A-Precinct program, volunteers from the groups are paid the standard poll worker wage. Adopt-A-Precinct participants, however, agree in advance to donate their Election Day salaries to a charity of their club's choosing. ...more

December 27, 2008

Jim Hawk won't be found living in one of those neighborhoods where homes are crammed next to each other and yards can be cut with a few swipes of the lawn mower. ...more

December 24, 2008

Jim Hawk won't be found living in one of those neighborhoods where homes are crammed next to each other and yards can be cut with a few swipes of the lawn mower. ...more

December 24, 2008

A sex offender is responsible for taking away some of the joy of the Postal Service's Operation Santa program: Volunteers who answer children's letters to Santa can no longer deliver gifts in person — or even know where they're going. ...more

December 20, 2008

Pasco County environmental lands officials gave tours Friday of the Upper Pithlachascotee River Preserve, the first property purchased through the 4-year-old program. ...more

June 21, 2008

Anyone who needs to have their faith in humanity restored (and who doesn't these days?) need only spend the morning with Diana Diaz. Or Otilia Alvarez. Or Maria Lopez. ...more

May 11, 2008

Dogs and cats that do temporary stints at the Hillsborough County Animal Services shelter don't always get little extras like a scratch behind the ear or walk outside. There's only so many staff members to care for the thousands of abused, neglected or abandoned pets that stay at the shelter each year. ...more

January 14, 2008

It doesn't take much to get a dog to wag his tail - a pat on the head, a kind word, a run or a walk in the fresh air. ...more

January 12, 2008

It doesn't take much to get a dog to wag its tail - a pat on the head, a kind word, a run or a walk in the fresh air. ...more

January 12, 2008

It doesn't take much to get a dog to wag its tail - a pat on the head, a kind word, a run or a walk in the fresh air. ...more

January 10, 2008