A young girl with long, dark hair backs away from a closed door. Moments later, she curls into a ball at the foot of a bed as an adult enters, unrolling a belt like a strap. ...more

December 20, 2008

A young girl with long, dark hair backs away from a closed door. Moments later, she curls into a ball at the foot of a bed as an adult enters, unrolling a belt like a strap. The images appear on YouTube in the trailer of "Gisela's Closet," a new 25-minute film about child abuse developed by a local filmmaker and starring local actors. Inspired by news reports of child abuse and neglect, the film shows how the fictional Gisela finds refuge in a fantasy land in her closet. ...more

December 19, 2008

Two heads really are better than one, especially when you're talking about monsters. ...more

October 24, 2008

Two heads really are better than one, especially when you're talking about monsters. In the face of hair-raising economic times, two of West Pasco's most impressive amateur Halloween attractions have decided to joined forces to create a haunted house of epically eerie proportions. ...more

October 18, 2008

Sgt. Brandon Bucknor drove 1,400 miles to say goodbye to his friend. ...more

May 6, 2008

Family and friends turn out to say goodbye to Sgt. Marcus Mathes, killed last week by a mortar attack in Baghdad. ...more

May 5, 2008

The body of Iraq war casualty Sgt. Marcus Mathes' was flown from Dover, Del., to Zephyrhills Municipal Airport on a charter jet that landed about noon today. ...more

May 5, 2008

In 1932, I was a 7-year-old boy living at the Children's Home, which was the orphanage in Tampa located on Florida Avenue. ...more

November 6, 2007