There was a bit of confusion when some locals glanced at the seal on the Central High School diploma and medallion that seniors received for graduation. ...more

June 13, 2008

SEBRING — Charles P. Cooper already made up his resolution for 2008, and it seemed pretty routine as far as resolutions go. "I only put in my mouth what my wife says I can," the "semi-retired" 67-year-old auto transmission shop owner promised himself. What led to that resolution was not a weight problem or even just the diabetes he was diagnosed with earlier this year. After the cascade of unexpected health problems he had since July, Cooper said his wife was just happy to have him around for Christmas. It went downhill since July, when he said he was diagnosed with diabetes and high cholesterol in one doctor's visit while getting blood work for his angina. In September, doctors determined he needed a quadruple bypass surgery, and that wasn't the end of it. ...more

December 31, 2007

Rock on, Cleveland. The home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will host its induction ceremony in 2009 after more than a decade-long absence, Mayor Frank Jackson has announced. ...more

December 23, 2007

Compared with this town's 625-year-old crooked church, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a model of rectitude. ...more

November 24, 2007

Editor's note: Dan Walter, a former Hillsborough resident now living in Colorado, recently forwarded an e-mail his son sent from Iraq and suggested it might make an appropriate Veterans Day article. Cory Walter, a 21-year-old Bloomingdale High School graduate who earned a Bronze Star for this action, conveys the courage, sacrifice and self-reliance required of our military, whose service should be remembered and honored - and not just on Veterans Day. ...more

November 11, 2007