Since June 2007, FishHawk Ranch mothers and their young children have spent time three times a week working out with each other. Well, the mothers work out; their kids just go along for the ride. ...more

February 27, 2009

PLANT CITY The owners of Espress Yourself Coffee 101 have written an open letter thanking the customers who patronized their now closed downtown shop. ...more

February 26, 2009

At age 12, Dalton Myers is already a two-time national champion in motocross. ...more

February 11, 2009

At age 12, Dalton Myers is already a two-time national champion in motocross. ...more

February 11, 2009

Rather than wallowing in self-pity, Maura Sampson decided to celebrate her age. ...more

August 7, 2008

It's the No. 1 health threat to women in America: heart disease. And it's making students at the International Academy of Design & Technology in Tampa see red - in a good way. ...more

June 6, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Don't worry if at 5 a.m. you notice 30 very active people dressed in camouflage at Scarborough Football Field. Lake Placid isn't being attacked by soldiers. Those are just some serious workout enthusiasts taking part in a fitness "boot camp" organized by Florida Hospital's Shoemaker Fitness Center. As part of the hour-long weekly sessions, Renee Kohl, fitness trainer and instructor, leads the troops during bear crawls, centipedes, alligator crawls, ups/downs, cherry pickers and more conventional exercises like sit-ups and push-ups. Everybody runs, skips and jumps as part of exercises designed to burn calories, tone muscles and sculpt abdominal muscles. "This is real tough; there are no smiles at 5 a.m.," said Boot Camp participant Ron Grimming. ...more

October 29, 2007

An idea that formed two years ago as a simple sketch has reached 27,000 square feet of reality for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's Training Division. ...more

October 24, 2007

You take your multivitamins, shun sugar and floss your pearly whites. You get your annual checkups and walk the dog every evening. Congratulations! You are on the road to joining the century club. Today there are more than 70,000 centenarians in the United States, according to Harvard Health Publications. We got tips from a couple of centenarians — and some other experts on aging — on how to live to be 100. ...more

October 4, 2007