It had been just another loss in a season with too many of them for the Bucs, but at least this one came with some positive news. After Atlanta thumped them 20-10 Sunday, the beatings are over for nine more months. ...more

January 4, 2010

People who have lost loved ones do not have to suffer in silence. That was the message at the recent Time for Remembrance observance at Hernando-Pasco Hospice's Marliere Hospice Care Center at 6807 Rowan Road. ...more

April 8, 2009

A music icon takes a stand against chronic pain. ...more

March 13, 2009

The family of Kevin Bryant Jr. sat in tense, restrained silence, just feet from Eli Alvarez. ...more

February 20, 2009

The family of Kevin Bryant Jr. sat in tense, restrained silence, just feet from Eli Alvarez. Alvarez's decision to drink and drive ended 8-year-old Kevin's life on May 10, 2007. The boy's family came to court Thursday to watch Alvarez plead no contest to DUI-manslaughter in exchange for a 12-year prison sentence. ...more

February 19, 2009

moved to follow my head as I righted myself in the chair. Joop sighed and shifted beside me. I was grateful for the tiny sound of his breathing. ...more

January 18, 2009

I saw the woman wheeling her little boy through the toy store just before the holidays. The store was jammed and he was a small blond chatterbox as she quickly pushed her cart with plan and purpose. ...more

January 14, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission has tentatively settled a lawsuit by a public access television network over $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

January 6, 2009

Sherry Jones was driving son Malcolm, 13, to school recently when he mentioned something about a kid he didn't like. ...more

January 4, 2009

Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence Friday by saying that after a lifetime of guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service once issued by her father. ...more

December 27, 2008