Great front-page article on Dec. 15 headlined "With open hearts, they gave kidneys." The article highlighted a number of families that were able, through a kidney exchange, to ultimately provide a kidney to a loved one. ...more

December 19, 2009

Tampa General Hospital today released its first patient to undergo a triple organ transplant. ...more

December 11, 2009

I was at Walmart in Avon Park on Sunday Nov. 29, buying groceries and left at approximately 4 p.m. I had polio when I was 5 years old and wear a long leg brace on my left leg and use a special cane to walk with that was made especially for my disability. ...more

December 10, 2009

As many of us prepare for a Thanksgiving holiday to celebrate our blessings, I hope you will find a way to help fellow Floridians suffering during tough economic times. ...more

November 16, 2009

For the first time in history, Congress will not allow an increase in the Social Security COLA (cost of living adjustment.) ...more

November 4, 2009

I took my family to Terror Trail at the Humane Society. I cannot say enough good things about it; it was above and beyond my expectations. Can't think of anything else you could do for $7 and be that entertained. As we waited in line and heard all the screams, my adrenaline began to rise. By the time I entered "The Bus," I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest. I almost turned around but decided to put my heart back in my chest and walk forward. ...more

November 2, 2009

It became clear in the fifth and deciding game of Thursday's Class 5A-District 8 final against Newsome that Armwood outside hitter Emilee Taylor wasn't going to let her team lose. ...more

October 30, 2009

Saddlebrook's Riehle wins 1A-9 girls title LAND O' LAKES - With just four players at the Class 1A-District 9 girls golf tournament Monday at Plantation Palms, the results were as expected. ...more

October 20, 2009

The singer who played the role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" has died at his childhood home in suburban Philadelphia. ...more

October 13, 2009

An autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press shows Michael Jackson was not the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids. ...more

October 1, 2009