LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is realizing savings through a sewing program. ...more

March 12, 2009

Inmates are being kept in stitches through a sewing program the Pasco Sheriff's Office has started. The program teaches prisoners a vocational skill while cutting costs at the jails by patching mattresses and other items, according to a press release today from Tim Couet, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 5, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shoppers can soon save a little cash while helping a good cause. ...more

February 18, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shoppers can soon save a little cash while helping a good cause. ...more

February 17, 2009

Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year's Day. ...more

January 2, 2009

Sharon Meyer wants to know what happened to her daughter. The teenager was supposed to get better during her year at Tampa Bay Academy's mental health center. Instead, a child who was disruptive grew more violent and repeatedly escaped from what was supposed to be constant supervision. ...more

December 20, 2008

Cars and trucks loaded with suitcases, mattresses and passengers cradling baskets stuffed with clothes lined up at checkpoints Monday to flee Mosul, a day after the 10th killing of an Iraqi Christian in the northern city so far this month. ...more

October 14, 2008

DVD 'Fans The Flames' Regarding "Focus Of Film On Islam: Fear" (Metro, Sept. 21): ...more

September 27, 2008

Donations of nonperishable food, school supplies, sturdy shoes and clothing in good condition are always welcome at the Emergency Care Help Organization. ...more

September 24, 2008

Along with dusty family heirlooms, mattresses and furniture, self-storage units are serving as homes for a growing number of homeless people. It's not a widespread practice, but there are more people renting space and sneaking in at some storage units around Hillsborough County. There's no plumbing, and it's strictly against a myriad of rules, but people without homes are finding the rent cheap and accommodations safer than on the streets. ...more

September 19, 2008