TAMPA – The mother of an 11-year-old boy who died two years ago after collapsing during practice with the Tampa Bay Youth Football League is suing the league over her son's death, charging officials didn't follow their own procedures. ...more

July 3, 2008

On June 19, my husband went into Florida Hospital Lake Placid for a routine appendectomy. The surgery went fine, but two days later he came down with shortness of breath and we soon learned he had a pulmonary embolism. The fear we all felt was unexplainable. ...more

July 3, 2008

Sitting and watching is not James Shields' thing. His teammates call him Big-Game James, but at this point the Tampa Bay Rays right-hander would settle for any game, big or small. ...more

June 19, 2008

An assembly line worker charged with vandalizing a military helicopter at a Boeing plant was upset about a job transfer and cut a bundle of about 70 electrical wires during his last shift on the Chinook line, federal investigators said Tuesday. ...more

May 21, 2008

After nine days of missing our dog, Buster has finally returned home safely, and we couldn't be happier. We would like to express our deep appreciation for everyone who took time out of their busy lives to look for him, spread the word of his disappearance, or just simply showed concern. When Buster first went missing last Friday, we went out and told everyone we could about our plight. We were extremely overjoyed and delighted with the way our community rallied around us with overwhelming support. Special thanks go out to all residents of Sun 'n Lake of Sebring, especially those of: Woods and Irons and Deer Run, The News-Sun, Heartland Association of Realtors, Dog Designs by Dana, Tony Gonzalez, The Ross', Highlands County Animal Control, all employees of Exit Realty All Stars, all fellow Realtors, Sun 'n Lake security, Highlands County Sheriff's Office, 105.7 FM, Daniel Barber, Reliable Sanitation, UPS, The Sun 'n Lake Golf Association, Lindsey Young and Sammuel and Terry Varis. Again thank you so very much as we couldn't have found Buster without everyone's help. ...more

January 25, 2008

Earlier blooms. Less snow to shovel. Unseasonable warm spells. Signs that winters in the Northeast are losing their bite have been abundant in recent years, and now researchers have nailed down numbers to show just how big the changes have been. ...more

January 13, 2008

Brandon Wrestling: By The Numbers ...more

January 6, 2008

The schools may be located 2,499 miles apart, but the University of South Florida and Oregon both went through eerily similar paths to reach the Sun Bowl. ...more

December 27, 2007

The Cessna Aerobat was vibrating and difficult to maneuver - signs it might go out of control. ...more

December 24, 2007

Cedric Jackson and J'Nathan Bullock did their jobs admirably on one end of the floor, and Breyohn Watson did his the same way on the other. ...more

November 18, 2007