Oct. 15, 2009 ...more

October 15, 2009

Aug. 23, 2009 ...more

August 23, 2009

As a recent retiree, I have been exposed to many inequities in our health-care system. Too many fingers in the pie. Too much misinformation. Way-too-small fine print. Fees that range from reasonable to "what!" ...more

May 7, 2009

Deputies charged a Riverview woman with felony aggravated child abuse, saying she threw a billiard ball at her 17-year-old son. Ann Irene Isler, 42, was held without bail at the Orient Road jail today, records show. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested her at home about 10:45 p.m. ...more

March 17, 2009

Homebound people living in Sun City Center can depend on the pizza delivery man, newspaper carriers and even tax preparers who make house calls. Now volunteers with the Sun City Center Library are offering home delivery of books and other media materials for stay-at-home residents. ...more

February 25, 2009

Irene Maher, well-known former WFLA health reporter, is returning to television. She will host a TV version of "Florida Matters," a public affairs program that airs on WUSF radio (89.7 FM). ...more

January 27, 2009

Carmen Fernandez can remember living in Key West when it was an island with no bridge connecting it to the rest of Florida. ...more

December 10, 2008

I am a 73-year-old daughter of the south and I voted for Obama. I grew up in a small southern town on a farm. We had one black family in our community. The children were not allowed to attend our school, one of the teachers taught them in her home after school. ...more

November 12, 2008

Public speaks up for fowl. ...more

October 22, 2008

Leon Atkinson can keep his chickens after all. In a 90-minute debate Tuesday, Atkinson convinced county commissioners that his 55 fowl are not a threat to neighbors. They don't smell and they don't make noise, he said. ...more

October 22, 2008