The second annual Thanksgiving Homeless Awareness Benefit will be held on Nov. 24 at the Redland Christian Migrant Association's Hopewell campus. ...more

October 28, 2009

Highlands County will receive $302,000 to help the homeless. The grant comes from a $1.5 billion federal stimulus fund, said Richard Reinhardt, executive director of Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless. ...more

March 27, 2009

The competition was stiff in the inaugural Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless golf tournament on Saturday at Sebring Golf Club. ...more

March 17, 2009

Among the alarming numbers from last year's economic downturn are the number of people who now need food stamps to put dinner on the table. ...more

February 6, 2009

The string of chilly nights last month and this week have strained cold weather shelters in Pinellas County and depleted supplies of basics such as food and coffee. ...more

February 5, 2009

When living in Highlands County it's easy to think that some of society's worst problems don't affect us too much. That's for metropolitan areas, some of us believe. Of course that's not true. The same ills that affect our big cities are found right here and they are every bit as serious. ...more

January 28, 2009

On Monday, five two-person teams of volunteers fanned out across the county, helping the Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless conduct its annual, weeklong survey of homeless people in the county. ...more

January 27, 2009

A house fire that engulfed the home of Trent Lampkin's great-uncle not only took the elderly Anthony Stevens' life but also left Lampkin and his family homeless. ...more

January 22, 2009

A bell echoed through St. Timothy Lutheran Church on Sunday, its high-pitched chimes accompanying a reading of the names of local homeless people who died this year. ...more

December 22, 2008

A bell echoed through St. Timothy Lutheran Church Sunday, its high-pitched chimes accompanying a reading of the names of local homeless people who died this year. ...more

December 21, 2008