With a big ice cream mustache, Matthew Maness, 11, confirmed the afternoon treat from Blue Bell Creameries was delicious. ...more

July 9, 2008

It should be the culmination of a dream, buying and owning your first home. ...more

June 26, 2008

If you have your own hurricane plan in order, you might want to think about what you and your friends and neighbors can do individually or through neighborhood groups, churches or work to help others in a disaster. ...more

June 1, 2008

If you have your own hurricane plan in order, you might want to think about what you and your friends and neighbors can do individually or through neighborhood groups, churches or work to help others in a disaster. ...more

May 23, 2008

Every Sunday and some weekday afternoons, Jacqueline Cadet's children spend time at It's All About Kids, a nonprofit agency offering etiquette lessons, reading tutoring, art classes and a children's church worship service. ...more

May 3, 2008

Horror stories from parents who adopted children through the state only to discover the children had such serious problems they couldn't care for them have prompted one local agency to research ways to keep these fragile families together. ...more

February 25, 2008

The Little Sunshine Preschool and Learning Center was buzzing at midmorning on a recent Wednesday. It was filled with the distinctive white noise that dozens of happy, active 4-year-olds can create. ...more

February 17, 2008

A charity specializing in refurbishing computers for students and missionaries who can't afford to buy them is outgrowing its space. ...more

February 16, 2008

The Little Sunshine Preschool and Learning Center was buzzing at midmorning last Wednesday. It was filled with the distinctive white noise that dozens of happy, active 4-year-olds can create. "They're still having fun at the same time," said director and owner Stephanie LeDouaron. "They don't even know they're learning." ...more

February 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Gov. Charlie Crist this morning named Democratic state Rep. Frank Peterman to lead the troubled Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. ...more

February 8, 2008