Q. I have emphysema. I do not get flu shots because I was very ill for three months the only time I took it. Should I consider taking the H1N1 vaccine in two separate doses? Also, should I ask for the one without an adjuvant? - Lucy, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada ...more

November 11, 2009

Pasco starting pitcher Colena Lazar tossed her fourth shutout of the season as the Pirates defeated Land O' Lakes, 6-0. Lazar gave up six hits and struck out nine in what had been a highly anticipated matchup. ...more

March 28, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - A Land O' Lakes man died when his car collided with a van on State Road 54 on Sunday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

March 18, 2009

A Land O' Lakes man died when his car collided with a van on State Road 54 on Sunday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

March 16, 2009

As far as Bishop McLaughlin coach John Yaratch is concerned, Monday's 10-0 loss to Tampa Catholic is what it will take to elevate the level of softball for the Hurricanes. ...more

March 12, 2009

He wrote the letter himself. It wasn't easy, with his emotions and all. But Billy Turner finally finished his retirement letter after 49 years of football coaching. "My wife made a few corrections and the school secretary showed me how to spell 'camaraderie,'" Turner said with a grin. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Philippine Cultural Foundation Inc. is hosting a Valentine's dinner party at 6:30 p.m. Friday as a fundraiser for its Bahay Kubo project. A bahay kubo, which is a typical Filipino house made of bamboo and coconut, will be used for educational purposes and other special events. ...more

February 9, 2009

SOUTH TAMPA - A mother was arrested Saturday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. after leaving her two children locked in her car for 29 minutes while she went shopping, Tampa police said. ...more

May 24, 2008

TAMPA - Next week, on the first anniversary of the day her grandson died, Lucy Mills will watch as a city athletic field is renamed in his honor. ...more

April 17, 2008

I'm a wife and mother of two, with three grandchildren. I've always loved to eat, so I've had a weight problem at all times of my life. In 1997, I developed a thyroid problem. It was so overactive it affected my heart. It took the doctors more than a year to get my medications right. That's when I gained all my weight. ...more

February 15, 2008