Sue Martin does her best to be a dutiful and loving daughter. So when her 84-year-old mother finally retired from a family electronics business - at age 82 - Martin bought the small three-bedroom ranch house next door to her own home in Claymont, Del., and moved her mother in. ...more

October 19, 2008

An elderly couple escaped a house fire after their small poodle woke them up Saturday morning to go outside. ...more

September 21, 2008

An elderly couple escaped a small house fire after their small poodle woke them up this morning to go outside. ...more

September 20, 2008

Zackery Hicks has a new home. At least for now. Hicks got out of prison last month after serving a 14-year term for robbery and for a while couldn't afford a permanent residence. He had limited options on where to stay because he is a convicted sex offender, so he spent time camping in a field under a Selmon Crosstown Expressway bridge. ...more

September 20, 2008

Zackery Hicks just got out of prison last month after serving a 14-year term for robbery, and his new prison is marked by the roar of overhead traffic and the danger of getting snakebit or beat up. The situation is the way it is because Hicks is a registered sex offender, and this situation is not all that uncommon in Florida, where the oppressive stigma of being a sex offender is nearly insurmountable. Some cities across the nation have passed laws that are so restrictive, sex offenders cannot reside there. ...more

September 19, 2008

U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite and her husband Harvey Waite are among the Hernando County residents hoping for a buyer in depressed real estate market. ...more

August 13, 2008

Spring Lake spread listed six months ago. ...more

August 13, 2008

Most of us have similar priorities in configuring the interiors of our homes. Some of these elements fall under the broad headings of safety, privacy, light and views. Taken together, they may be said to make the difference between a house and a home. ...more

July 13, 2008

PLANT CITY - As soon as they walked in the door, they knew they were home. ...more

June 27, 2008

THE STRANGERS The opening scenes of first-time writer/director Bryan Bertino's "The Strangers" will test the patience of any audience expecting a nonstop roller-coaster ride of terror and suspense. We are introduced to the couple who will inhabit nearly every frame of the film, and from the moment we meet them, they're not exactly pleasant company. ...more

May 29, 2008