Gracyn DenBesten sat in her hospital bed and held out her hands. Her doctors placed an enlarged, discolored-looking blob in her palm. ...more

July 4, 2009

A 14-year-old hit by a car Sunday when he was crossing a road while he wrote text messages on his cell phone died Monday afternoon, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 23, 2008

A 14-year-old hit by a car Sunday as he crossed the road and wrote text messages on his cell phone died this afternoon, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 22, 2008

Laurie Philpot knew she needed to do something when she learned an old high school friend's 2-year-old son had leukemia and the mounting medical costs had thrown the family's finances into disarray. ...more

October 1, 2007