Church Service Center in Avon Park is now feeding 700 families a month - 25 percent more than last year. ...more

November 15, 2009

When Pope Benedict XVI embarks on his first trip to Africa as pontiff today, traveling to Cameroon and Angola, he will be visiting the future of the church, if not its present. ...more

March 17, 2009

TAMPA The sheer numbers don't tell the full story of Tampa Bay's protection racket. ...more

December 11, 2008

Typically, the start of the cross country season in Hillsborough County brings out the usual contenders. Wharton, Plant, Jesuit, Sickles, Berkeley Prep, Gaither, Newsome and Chamberlain have boasted some of the state's top performers for several years now. ...more

September 18, 2008

In six years under Jon Gruden, the Bucs have overhauled personnel, changed facilities and altered the way they allocate resources under the salary cap. ...more

August 31, 2008

Hillsborough County's breakneck growth stumbled from 2006 to 2007, marking the smallest population gain this decade -- fewer people than Polk or Pasco counties. ...more

August 7, 2008

The rains sweep through like a pail of water splashing a sleeping giant, and Wolf Branch Creek preserve springs to life. ...more

July 3, 2008

SEMINOLE - The roughly 20,000 fingerling bass put into Lake Seminole today got the shock of their young lives. The largemouth bass raised for two months at a state hatchery went from pampered to prey in the harsh real world of predators and finding their own food. ...more

May 28, 2008

Rob Bell backs James Hibbs op-ed page column against religious zealotry in American public life. ...more

January 8, 2008

For the first time this decade, Florida grew by fewer than 200,000 people in a year, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. ...more

December 27, 2007