Sometimes it isn't the message; it's how you frame it. Pasco Kids First is in the business of looking after children. Throughout the year, it assists in protecting Pasco County children from the effects of child abuse. ...more

November 12, 2008

Longtime resident Veronica S. Prostko, a former Plant City Bar Association and American Business Women's Association president, has been named director of external affairs at the MacDonald Training Center's James Ranch on Cork Road. ...more

October 22, 2008

When Tyler Placeres walks through the front door to the Jim Walter Interbay Boys & Girls Club, the little yellow sign on the brick wall grabs his attention every time. ...more

July 30, 2008

AVON PARK — Bill Jarrett sat on the sidelines waiting for his turn to play in the first and probably only practice for the newly formed Highlands Hoppers at the South Florida Community College gym. "I keep thinking to myself that this is for a good cause," Jarrett laughed as he jogged onto the court and nearly came up with a block. The Highlands Hoppers are a menagerie of local hoopsters that have been assembled by local businesses to play the Harlem Ambassadors on Tuesday. The Ambassadors are much like their famous counterparts — the Harlem Globetrotters — with a bit of a twist. "They all must be either college graduates or working toward a college degree to be on the team," said Avon Park Noon Rotary Club president Alice Oldham. "They also have a very strong stay-in-school and anti-drug message for today's youth. That impressed me." ...more

February 21, 2008

NASCAR driver Aaron Fike understands where he was headed when he was arrested while using heroin in an amusement park parking lot this summer. ...more

November 29, 2007