A couple was charged with child neglect Saturday after a 21/2-year-old boy was found wandering through the neighborhood in a diaper and T-shirt. ...more

August 4, 2008

A couple was charged with child neglect Saturday after a 2 1/2-year-old boy was found wandering alone through the neighborhood in a diaper and T-shirt. ...more

August 3, 2008

TAMPA - Johnny Jackson Jr. had already cut everything else from his budget. If he wanted to hang on to his house a little longer, the electricity had to go, too. ...more

June 27, 2008

Dear Dad I've found the father I didn't know I had. As a child, I wanted a father who would just sit and talk awhile, one who would take time to listen to my thoughts. But my dad worked from sunup at his job, and then, when he'd get home, he'd do chores on our farm until after sunset. ...more

June 11, 2008

I have a pan for making baked doughnuts. Can I use regular cake mix instead of doughnut mix? ...more

June 4, 2008

Parts 1 and 2 of this story were published April 20 and 27. When four-year-old Lisa slipped into my apartment naked, for the second time, I tried not to look shocked. Gemma quickly said, "Oh, I never put clothes on that one at 'ome. She just gets 'em filthy. Once she even stuffed 'er dress down the commode." I forced a smile, "Would you like some coffee?" "Oh, bloody good idea, that." I led the way to the kitchen where Lisa had already opened my refrigerator and grabbed a carton of yogurt. She shoved it at me. "Open this." "Sure." I pulled off the aluminum seal and handed it back. "Let me get you a spoon." But she had already dug into it with her fingers. Gemma yawned, ignoring her daughter, while I poured the coffee. ...more

May 3, 2008

I thought I was going to need oxygen the last time I went to the grocery store and the cashier announced my final total. Suddenly, all of those news stories about rising food prices hit home. ...more

May 2, 2008

Every day, folks in the newspaper business, from press operators to reporters to community columnists and publishers, talk about the fear of its demise. ...more

January 28, 2008

Our work group plans to start a Sunshine Fund to buy gifts for special occasions, such as birthdays, weddings and baby showers. ...more

January 14, 2008

Mattel on Tuesday recalled more than 172,000 Fisher-Price kitchen toys in the United States and Europe because several children choked and gagged on small, detachable parts. ...more

November 7, 2007