When it comes to Santa Claus, my 9-year-old son is letting go in stages. The other day he made a key tactical concession. ...more

December 25, 2008

Local youths competing in last month's Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games in Detroit earned high honors in the karate division, including one teenager whose three gold medals earned her an outstanding performance award. ...more

August 13, 2008

Each year, the National Honor Society at East Bay High School chooses a charity to support with carwashes and other fundraisers. ...more

June 8, 2008

Tracy Parker has this great way of getting away from the kids. The Odessa stay-at-home mother of three children travels to the Fort Island Gulf Beach to swim, bike and run in the Crystal River Sprint Triathlon. ...more

May 27, 2008

Talk about confidence. The mistress of ceremonies at Thursday's annual Junior Achievement breakfast was a fifth-grader from Schwarzkopf Elementary School who could have been born with a Mr. Microphone in her hand. ...more

October 19, 2007

There's something about thick New York accents in the Stageworks production of 'Lobby Hero' that dredges up the city's gritty underbelly. ...more

September 11, 2007