There's a three-month waiting list at the Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center, a program that allows drug addicted mothers to get treatment while living with their children instead of putting them in foster care and going to prison. ...more

January 2, 2010

Roger Allen became a published poet at age 12 after a Utah paper printed his ode to family dysfunction. Thirty years ago, another batch of verse he penned, about traffic congestion, found its way into a Lexington, Ky., newspaper. ...more

December 20, 2009

It has been a magical Christmas season for Mike Babich, who got to reunite Sunday, Dec. 13 with one of his older brothers whom he has not seen in 35 years. ...more

December 19, 2009

Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless outreach center's move out of Southside Avon Park is not by choice. ...more

November 23, 2009

The National Alliance on Mental Illness Hernando's monthly speaker meetings will resume the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Beautiful Mind Outreach Center, 10554 Spring Hill Drive. ...more

October 22, 2009

The Homeless Women Veterans Program of the Veterans Health Administration (VAH) was initiated in August 2000 to end homelessness for female veterans through outreach, referrals for treatment, VA benefits and other services. ...more

September 3, 2009

A 12-year-old Bradenton girl is recovering after she left home over the weekend and was raped by a man 34 years older than her, the girl's family said at a news conference this afternoon. ...more

March 30, 2009

The population at Pinellas Hope, a "tent city" providing housing for homeless people, includes a growing number of people who have lost their jobs and their homes. ...more

March 10, 2009

The largest, strongest bone in Chad Stalton's body was shattered. ...more

November 24, 2008

The mother of a missing toddler, who authorities have called a person of interest in the girl's disappearance, was arrested a third time Monday on new theft charges. ...more

September 16, 2008