It's a ritual. Every day I skim the obituaries, reading most, especially the memorials. Some I see every year, with the face of the loved one frozen in time. The family's sentiments touch my heart. This expensive little piece of black and white real estate is one more way of holding onto a face and voice that will never mature beyond that horrible day when that loved one slipped out of his or her immortal body and infused his or her soul and spirit into the very air the family breathes, into the tears that still pour from their eyes at a chance memory. ...more

February 9, 2008

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married five years. My husband's stepdad died two years ago. After the funeral, we offered to have his mother come live with us until she got back on her feet. ...more

February 3, 2008

From controlling the tip-off to its 15-point lead at the final buzzer, St. Petersburg Catholic dominated the Class 3A-District 11 girls championship game against the Academy of the Holy Names on Saturday, 49-33. ...more

February 3, 2008

Jeanne Rae Coulter of Port Richey, director of the Salvation Army City of Hope, says thanks for support during holiday season. ...more

January 30, 2008

4A-8 BOYS BASKETBALL Orgass slam puts the exclamation point on a strong night for the Sharks ...more

January 29, 2008

Preparation; role playing; adjustments. These terms can be so cliche in sports and yet winners will tell you that it's the basics that got them where they are. So it went for the Nature Coast boys' basketball team Tuesday night when they ventured to Wiregrass Ranch and beat the Bulls, 67-55. ...more

January 29, 2008

the coach's no-news conference to announce he isn't going anywhere. ...more

January 22, 2008