He woke up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee Wednesday morning. Most weekday mornings, Darren Scott Snyder, who preferred to go by his middle name, was the first one up at the Auburndale house where he lived with his wife, Pamela, and in-laws, Mary and Don Ussery. ...more

January 11, 2008

LAKELAND - He woke up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee Wednesday morning. Most weekday mornings, Darren Scott Snyder, who preferred to go by his middle name, was the first one up at the Auburndale house where he lived with his wife, Pamela, and in-laws, Mary and Don Ussery. ...more

January 10, 2008

Valuable Christmas Lessons Learned The day after Christmas, my girls and I decided to take their grandmother to the beautiful area of Tampa for a warm weather retreat. We enjoyed 80-degree weather and came back to a light dusting of snow in Chattanooga, Tenn., on our return Tuesday. The shock of the cold weather has kept me in my pajamas! Our time there was glorious except for one little mishap that taught me several invaluable lessons. ...more

January 3, 2008

LAKE WALES - Leon Davis Jr., the man police say set fire to two female employees of an insurance agency Thursday, one of whom was pregnant, was familiar to the business and the victims, according to police and the mother-in-law of one of the women. ...more

December 14, 2007

YESILYURT, Turkey - An Atlasjet plane crashed on a rocky mountain shortly before it was expected to land in southwest Turkey early today, killing all 56 people onboard. The cause was not immediately known. ...more

November 30, 2007

Holiday shopping for folks who read a menu more often than a cookbook is easy. Here are helpful suggestions for what to give people who prefer to dine or dial out. ...more

November 28, 2007

Just out of high school and married barely a week, 18-year-old Winifred Dean saw her husband off to war in 1944 and boarded a bus for home. While Walter J. Dean joined his World War II field artillery unit bound for Okinawa, Japan, Winifred Dean prayed for her husband's safety. ...more

November 21, 2007

The wedding bouquet has barely faded and already an Upper East Side bride has regrets - not because she married, but because of the flowers. ...more

October 19, 2007