The father of a missing 5-year-old Putnam County girl said he and his 17-year-old girlfriend have passed polygraph tests, according to CNN.com. ...more

February 12, 2009

Drug Free Highlands and the Highlands County Sheriff's Office want parents of teens to talk with their children about underage drinking and they have come up with a way to initiate that conversation. ...more

January 29, 2009

Maybe you or a loved one has a new medical concern. Maybe you are facing an unfamiliar financial situation. Maybe you find yourself out of work for the first time in a long time or you think you may be there soon and need to dust off your job-hunting skills. ...more

January 24, 2009

In a recent column, you mention a partnership program between Medicaid and long-term care insurance. ...more

January 13, 2009

Protecting Our Children As one who participated in the politics of getting permission from the state of Florida to establish local children's services councils such as the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, it was a pleasure to read Luanne Panacek's op-ed piece ("Hillsborough's Wise Investment In Children," Jan. 4). Congratulations to Dr. Panacek and her colleagues who do things so well in Hillsborough. ...more

January 8, 2009

State officials found that an inadequate and poorly trained staff at the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview led to abuse complaints, patient escapes and at least one alleged sexual assault. Three years ago. ...more

December 29, 2008

Police have arrested a 39-year-old homeless man they say raped a woman in a bathroom in the psychiatric ward of St. Joseph's Hospital on Thursday afternoon. ...more

December 5, 2008

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities in southwest Florida say an intoxicated man had his 9-year-old son take him on a beer run. ...more

December 3, 2008

John Joseph Edwards is using a 2007 appeals court decision as the basis for a lawsuit that claims the Department of Children and Families violated his civil rights. ...more

November 26, 2008

TAMPA Former Department of Children and Families spokesman Al Zimmerman is set to go on trial Jan. 26 on child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew scheduled a trial this morning after Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen Murphy-Davis said she would like to tell the seven victims in the case a definitive trial date. ...more

November 12, 2008