Since it began in 1998, Manatee Community Foundation (MCF) has existed under the umbrella of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. The partnership allowed the budding Manatee County charity to ...

My wife promised my daughter that she would take her on a trip to Europe for her 16th birthday. My parents and siblings will eventually find out, but I have no idea how to tell them without being ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, who turned 111 Monday, is still reading, still voting, still baking, still an advocate of living every ...

Council members said they were unable to fully reverse steep cuts to environmental programs and health care coverage for ...

“There’s two disabled people in the house,” he told the dispatcher, who then asked for his exact address. The Eaton Fire ...

My stepsister is very close with her father but strongly dislikes my mother (now his wife) and me for “replacing” her own ...

President Trump is keeping Republicans guessing over whether he’ll endorse in the closely watched Texas GOP Senate primary between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The patterns we carry into adulthood often have their roots in the roles we played in our childhood families. These roles ...

Mark Buehrle achieved perfection, tossing the 18th perfect game in Major League Baseball history on July 23, 2009, against the Tampa Bay Rays. He played a crucial role during the 2005 postseason, ...

But I also remember attending events at my in-laws’ house decades ago and never thought to send thank-you notes or call afterward.

A reader feels taken for granted after hosting parties and events for their son and daughter-in-law, who rarely say thank you ...

Dear Nana and Pop: They should absolutely be thanking you, at the least, if not also offering to lighten the load of hosting.