Christmas came early for Guadalupe "Louie" Olivarez. With failing kidneys and a weakened liver, Olivarez was always told an organ transplant was in his future. ...more

December 18, 2009

The parents of a Tampa teenager who died in North Carolina during "Hell Week" plan to file a civil lawsuit against the Theta Chi fraternity, the students involved in the incident and Lenoir-Rhyne University, according to the family's attorneys. ...more

January 14, 2009

Charlotte Ray, whose 21-year-old son was struck and killed by a car in March 2007, makes a single request of well-wishers. "Don't forget him," she says gently. ...more

November 9, 2008

A Pinellas County teenager is recovering this week from a liver transplant just weeks after another hospital removed him from an organ waiting list, in part because of his status as a foster child. ...more

July 16, 2008

A Tampa Bay area foster boy is heading to Miami today for a possible liver transplant after another hospital removed him from an organ-donor waiting list in part because he doesn't have a permanent home. ...more

July 9, 2008

An inmate at Orient Road Jail died Thursday night at Tampa General Hospital after he was found hanging by a bedsheet in his cell, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said today. Tampa police arrested Harold Drier, 42, of Tampa, shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday in connection with a recent convenience store robbery. Drier was charged with felony armed robbery, records show. ...more

May 30, 2008

In the hope of saving the lives of more people waiting for transplants, New York is working on a plan to deploy a special ambulance to collect the bodies of people who have died suddenly from heart attacks, accidents and other emergencies and try to preserve their organs. ...more

May 24, 2008

Bill Ismer could be an imposing figure. ...more

January 25, 2008

One day after his transplant surgery, the Rev. Julius Wynn knew just where he was going to take his first walk. ...more

January 10, 2008

She got the call while at work on a Friday. "Are you sitting down?" the woman on the phone asked. ...more

January 6, 2008