Someone recently tried to discourage Jodie Sweezey. Without naming names, she said this person told her that her small effort wouldn't make much difference. ...more

May 9, 2008

It started as a school assignment. Six-year-old Jannah Lynn was supposed to exchange letters with a soldier in Iraq. But her mom didn't want the name of any random soldier. So Carol Medvec went to New Wilmington Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania where she attended services and asked for a soldier's name from their pen pal program. ...more

February 10, 2008

As college dorm life goes, this place is posh: deluxe kitchen, washer and dryer, inclusive cable access and high-speed Internet. ...more

January 4, 2008

Between the alligator-infested Florida Everglades and the craziness of Miami Beach lies a peaceful center surrounded by tomato and fruit farms. ...more

December 26, 2007

HOMESTEAD - Between the alligator-infested Florida Everglades and the craziness of Miami Beach lies a peaceful center surrounded by tomato and fruit farms. ...more

December 24, 2007

Brook Haven is tucked away in a quiet place behind the post office. ...more

December 24, 2007

Brook Haven is tucked away in a quiet place behind the post office. Not enough people knew about it after construction on the pristine apartment complex was completed in October. Christmas season may have changed all of that. ...more

December 23, 2007

Mark Nichols, not so many years ago, was a happy-go-lucky guy who lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Stuart, bicycled everywhere he wanted to go rather than driving, and did his fishing by wading because he didn't own a boat. ...more

November 28, 2007

In 2006, St. Petersburg police thought a newspaper delivery man was fatally shot during a violent home invasion above his apartment. ...more

November 16, 2007

Singer Sam Moore, the tenor voice of the '60s hit singing duo Sam & Dave, told a sad, instructive story to Congress this summer, but lawmakers have been slow to respond. ...more

November 2, 2007