When Julia Leck of Land O' Lakes celebrates her ninth birthday today, she'll be giving away her gifts and throwing in a few she bought herself to help children in need. The gifts that Julia receives at her birthday party this year will be donated to the children of the Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay, the local office of a national organization that posts photo and video exhibits of foster children in need of adoption ...more

October 24, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - When Julia Leck of Land O' Lakes celebrates her ninth birthday today, she'll be giving away her gifts and throwing in a few she bought herself to help children in need. ...more

October 24, 2009

Changes made at a homeless camp in Hudson should satisfy a judge at an April 1 hearing about county citations for zoning and building code violations, an attorney representing Elisha Ministries said. Beverly Barnett, a member of the Waller & Mitchell & Barnett law firm, said she has been representing the Elisha charitable organization pro bono since December when the facility first ran afoul of county inspectors. ...more

April 1, 2009

Changes made at a homeless camp in Hudson should satisfy a judge at a hearing today about county citations for zoning and building code violations, an attorney representing Elisha Ministries said. ...more

April 1, 2009

Ride the trolley or pedal a bicycle for an up-close, personal look at the "early years" of one of Tampa's historical bungalow neighborhoods. ...more

March 30, 2009

President Barack Obama's proposal to limit the tax deductibility of charitable contributions would effectively transfer more than $7 billion a year from the nation's charitable institutions to the federal government. But the high-income taxpayers affected by the rule change are likely to cut their charitable giving by as much as the increase in their tax bills, which would, ironically, leave their remaining income and personal consumption unchanged. ...more

March 29, 2009

President Obama's proposal to limit the tax deductibility of charitable contributions would effectively transfer more than $7 billion a year from the nation's charitable institutions to the federal government. But the high-income taxpayers affected by the rule change are likely to cut their charitable giving by as much as the increase in their tax bills, which would, ironically, leave their remaining income and personal consumption unchanged. ...more

March 29, 2009

Even the NCAA wants to make sure Tim Tebow, the University of Florida's All-American person and star quarterback, is not tripped up by one of the organization's many rules and restrictions that often seem to go ridiculous extremes. The NCAA, college sport's governing body, announced that it worked closely with the UF athletic department to ensure Tebow's eligibility was not unknowingly affected by fundraising related to his father's missionary work. ...more

March 6, 2009

Time is running out, but long-time residents and family are searching for a way to save the Ferlita Macaroni Factory from demolition. ...more

March 3, 2009

A recent story of a 5-year-old boy saving his father from a diabetic episode has prompted an outpouring of medical supplies and donations. ...more

February 3, 2009