Hernando County Animal Services (HCAS) is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and closed Saturday and Sunday. Call them at 796-5062, they are located at 19450 Oliver St., Brooksville. Visit their Web site at www.hernandocounty.us/code/animal/index.asp. ...more

March 1, 2009

It may be too early to know how the economy has affected the local homeless population, but organizers of Thursday's countywide homeless census expect an increase. ...more

February 27, 2009

Volunteers are being sought for the first One Man Rally, an effort to bring male mentors together with young men and boys who need role models. ...more

February 27, 2009

Well done Tanglewood! This year's total of $55,000 raised is amazing. On behalf of the "Tanglewood Ride for the Cure" thanks is extended to the many volunteers who made this a success. As well, a special thank you is extended to Sweetbay, Winn-Dixie and Publix for their contributions; the ride raised $1,400. ...more

February 25, 2009

An area church is offering a helping hand in tough economic times. Springhead Baptist Church in Plant City is offering discount groceries through Angel Food Ministries, a nonprofit, nondenominational organization providing "grocery relief" to communities in 35 states. People have been coming from as far away as Zephyrhills. ...more

February 22, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shoppers can soon save a little cash while helping a good cause. ...more

February 18, 2009

TAMPA Dorothy Ford volunteered occasionally at Graham Elementary where her nieces and nephews attended. But she wanted to do more. "I was sitting at home getting fat, and I thought it was about time I got to doing something," said Ford, 68, who is retired. Through another volunteer at the school Ford learned of the foster grandparent program. It modestly reimburses volunteers, ranging in age from 60 to 93, who spend at least 20 hours a week helping in school classrooms, Head Start programs and shelters such as The Spring and Child Abuse Council. "It gives them the financial ability to volunteer," said Nancy McWilliams, Director of Community Relations for Seniors in Service Tampa Bay, which sponsors the program. ...more

February 18, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shoppers can soon save a little cash while helping a good cause. ...more

February 17, 2009

Your opinion piece "State Lawmaker's Bark Aimed at Wrong Tree" (Our Opinion, Feb. 16) was cutely titled but incomplete and somewhat misleading. Do your editors think putting homeless animals to death is cute? ...more

February 17, 2009

Authorities in north Florida have scaled back their search for a missing 5-year-old girl who vanished from her home last week and a volunteer search group has ended its efforts. ...more

February 16, 2009