Community members and activists get together each year to sing Christmas favorites to the city's homeless, and students from Osceola High School have been caroling right beside them. The annual 
Cries for justice and better working conditions for Florida's tomato workers came from more than 500 protesters Sunday during a two-mile march through Lakeland in a demonstration against 
On Nov. 28, the Hillsborough County, Sheriff's Office called Dover-based Bingham On Site Sewers Inc. to the Silver Lane Mobile Home Park in Valrico. Luis Martinez, 2, had been missing almost 24 hours. A few volunteer searchers had discovered an 11-by-13-inch opening in the ground the night before. That opening was where the cap to the underground septic tank should have been.......here
There's quite a bit going on right now in Tampa Bay regarding the future of transportation in this region, so I wanted to make sure you were aware of a new tool TBARTA has created to give folks a new way to be a part of this important discussion. It's called the "Transportation Lounge" and can be found......here
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If Buddy Johnson’s face is ever next to a word in Webster’s dictionary, you can count on that word being somewhere along the lines of “shameless”, “crook”, and “conniving”. Johnson, a 57-year-old Republican, was voted out of office last November after his stint as the Hillsborough County elections chief and Elections Supervisor came to an end in a sea of turmoil and uncertainty.......here
In 2009, SWFBUD (South West Florida Bicycle United Dealers) came of age, forging political alliances in the Tampa Bay area and winning national awards for its bicycle advocacy work 
Despite the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, Habitat Hillsborough continues to build homes, build lives, and build hope in Hillsborough County. In order to do that, 
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Ten students at a Naples, Florida, middle school have been given one-day, in-school suspensions for participating in "Kick a Jew Day," in which Jewish students were targeted for assault, according to news reports in the local media.......here
Bandeja Paisa
Her hair was short, clean cut and stylish for a woman in her early 60‘s. A silvery gray, it complemented her crisp, watery blue eyes. Those same eyes flickered with excitement when she was asked to do an interview and quickly filled with tears when she began to tell her story.......here
Authorities are investigating what they said was one of the most bizarre animal cruelty cases they have ever seen........here
In 2001, Michael E. Arth moved into a drug-infested slum in DeLand and, with no money and lots of doubters, rebuilt it into a quaint tree-lined enclave of historic homes. Now Arth wants to reform the state of Florida and has set his sights on becoming the next governor........here
