Aiming to capitalize on its success in its fight against diabetes, the University of South Florida named one of its prominent professors to its new $1.4 million endowed chair in diabetes research. ...more

December 1, 2008

University of South Florida leaders on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to capitalize on their success in their work to fight diabetes. ...more

November 14, 2008

University of South Florida leaders today unveiled an ambitious plan to capitalize on their success in their work with diabetes. ...more

November 13, 2008

At 7 a.m., Louis Kopenkoskey's New Port Richey home smells of cinnamon, kneaded dough and sweet things. The 92-year-old Kopenkoskey has been baking since 6 a.m. Most days, he starts even earlier, at 5 a.m. He has many people for whom to bake, including his doctor, bankers, dentist, optometrist and laboratory technicians who have become friends. He doesn't know all their names, sometimes no more than a first or last name, he said, because he's not much for names, but never mind. His car can almost follow the route by itself because Kopenkoskey makes his rounds usually five days a week, week after week. He usually visits the people on his list once a week, he said. ...more

July 2, 2008

•Katie Robinson, commander of Veterans Village American Legion Post 343 and the American Legion Service Officer at the New Port Richey VA Outpatient Clinic, received a special award at the Annual Volunteers Award ceremony held by the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. Robinson received the President's Call to Service Award for volunteering 4,369 hours to the clinic. She has visited the clinic once a week since it opened in 1985. Robinson also has four veterans in local nursing homes for which she tries to help with their veteran benefits. ...more

May 10, 2008

One brick will read "DACCO saved my life." Another will have "Peace to All Who Enter Here." And one will celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary. ...more

February 2, 2008