DAYTONA BEACH ― In 2004, volunteers with United Way's Women's Initiative put on the area's first-ever "Power of the Purse" luncheon to raise donations for nonprofits helping women and children ...

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Fort Myers-based Vectra Digital merged with Sarasota’s Avenue Media this month to form a specialized marketing agency focused on Florida’s construction and development sectors. The new agency will ...

United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades has designated three Fort Myers schools as Resiliency Hubs, expanding their role as resource centers for students, families and the surrounding community. The ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — A student from Ascension Academy is in Maryland this week to compete in the National Spelling Bee. Arnav "Arnie" Parat, 12, is a 7th grader at the Amarillo private school. He ...

A far cry from Long Island’s boat clubs with sky-high membership fees, the Freeport Yacht Club on Sunday had high winds, low tides and a very busy deacon. Board members and commodores ...

"(Baxter Taylor / The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University) Indeed, the club was a proving ground for Texas legends like Jerry Jeff Walker, Townes Van Zandt and a rebellious young wailer ...

A new report by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shows that 10,000 pounds of chlorine were released during Tuesday’s incident at an industrial plant in Freeport, Texas. The Air Emission ...

The Maine Department of Transportation will be rehabilitating the moveable Southport Bridge that carries Route 27 over the Townsend Gut at the Boothbay Harbor/Southport town line. Specifically, this ...

CLUTE, Texas (KIAH) — A shelter-in-place alert has been lifted in Brazoria County after a chlorine leak was discovered on at a plant in Freeport on Tuesday morning. The leak led to schools in ...

Chlorine Leak at a Texas Chemical Plant Prompts Officials to Ask Residents to Stay Inside FREEPORT, Texas (AP) — A chlorine leak at a Texas chemical plant on Tuesday prompted officials to ask ...

FREEPORT, Texas (AP) — A chlorine leak at a Texas chemical plant on Tuesday prompted officials to ask residents in two Texas cities near the facility to shelter in place. Chlorine gas was ...