A year ago, Michelle Bradley-Carley, now 35, found a lump in her left breast. It was Stage 3 breast cancer, the worst kind. All of a sudden, she went from being a happy newlywed and young mother to a woman dealing with a complicated, potentially fatal disease. When you're a young mom, nauseated and exhausted from chemotherapy, how do you tell your toddler you can't play? How do you explain that one day you have breasts and that the next, the doctor will remove them? ...more

October 21, 2007

My first encounter with Michelle Bradley-Carley was an early morning in February. Michelle was halfway through her first chemotherapy regimen. We spoke about her battle with cancer, and about her having just turned 35. ...more

October 21, 2007

SEBRING — For two years, Nancy Martin checked in women who came to Seascape Imaging for mammograms, but she never got one herself. ...more

October 11, 2007

AVON PARK — Because of the way Florida statutes were written, where the line between lewd molestation ends and child cruelty begins may surprise some people. A 17-year-old girl reported Wednesday that she was inappropriately touched by her friend's father on Oct. 3, in the afternoon after an overnight visit. Her mother said she was outraged Friday to learn the suspect was being charged with child cruelty rather than some form of molestation. The mother and victim's name have been left out to protect the alleged victim. Stephen Lance Walker, 56, of Avon Park, was released on $5,000 bail Thursday after he was booked into the Highlands County Jail on Oct. 3 and charged with cruelty toward a child - abuse without great harm. ...more

October 7, 2007