The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on children's minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased. ...more

November 9, 2009

Last week's column, in which I described in vivid detail the theft of one our newspaper racks, my comically heroic efforts to recover it from behind a grocery store and the debilitating back injury I suffered while loading its remains onto a truck, drew much sympathy from readers. ...more

October 28, 2009

TAMPA - Polk County Jail inmates no longer have the option of drinking chocolate milk, fresh milk, coffee, tea or juice. ...more

July 9, 2008

Do soldiers have ice cream in Iraq? ...more

May 19, 2008

It all started when I began bringing my daughter to day care every morning. I would always pack her lunch box with a freshly cooked breakfast, (wheat-free, seven-grain cereal with coconut milk or hard boiled eggs) and nutrient-packed snacks, (apples and cheese, bananas with almonds, organic yogurt). To my dismay, I would continually see her precious classmates starting their day with Pop-Tarts, donuts or muffins along with chocolate milk or sugary fruit juice for breakfast - foods devoid of nutrients whatsoever! ...more

November 9, 2007

Jean Gween recently moved to Brooksville from Ohio. As it happens during any move, things got misplaced. ...more

October 10, 2007