A whopping 82 percent are optimistic about what the new year will bring for their families, according to the latest AP-GfK poll. That sunny outlook seems at odds with other findings. ...more

December 31, 2009

With less than a week to go before Christmas, nearly 1,000 children and their parents were treated to a holiday party Saturday at the University of South Florida. ...more

December 20, 2009

Marilyn Peck, a social worker at Gulfside Regional Hospice, was recently recognized in a national photography and writing contest sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Peck's photo "Reflections" and an essay accompanying it took second place in the nature and abstract category. ...more

December 20, 2009

Jamie Bernard Bain woke up singing on his first full day as a free man. ...more

December 19, 2009

Kasey Lynch brought along a bit of improvisational experience when he joined Woodland Elementary School's Drumming for Dreams program. ...more

October 25, 2009

Hillsborough County's Head Start and Early Head Start got a jolt of federal stimulus money with a whopping $11.7 million grant over two years. ...more

October 23, 2009

Hillsborough County's Head Start and Early Head Start got a jolt of federal stimulus money with a whopping $11.7 million grant over two years. ...more

October 21, 2009

The baby is starting treatment in Gainesville for a genetic disorder without a cure. ...more

March 26, 2009

She was such an easygoing baby, always smiling and giggling. So when Olivia Salinas suddenly became fussy at 6 months old, her parents, Ryan Salinas, 24, and Michelle Burruezo, 20, of Brandon, knew something was amiss. ...more

March 25, 2009

Eisenhower Middle School has expanded its recycling efforts in recent years, gradually encouraging students to embrace the idea of going green. ...more

March 18, 2009