Gifts for the men in your life. ...more

December 21, 2009

It's almost like a normal school day for 7-year-old Christian Daigle. ...more

December 20, 2009

Thanksgiving is a time to slow down, bond with family and friends, eat and talk turkey. And to give thanks, of course. ...more

November 21, 2009

Get products like the stars on the red carpet. ...more

September 18, 2009

A West Tampa couple welcomed their third daughter into the world Wednesday, but not exactly as planned. The father called 911 about 11 a.m. to say his 24-year-old wife was in labor and was pretty sure she wasn't going to make it to a hospital. Paramedics arrived at their house, turned their living room into a makeshift delivery room and delivered a healthy baby girl at 11:45 a.m., Tampa Fire Rescue said. Paramedics brought the baby and the mom to St. Joseph's Women's Hospital for examinations. The mom was tired but in good spirits. The couple were not identified. Fire rescue personnel involved were Capt. Lonnie Benniefield, Lt. Brian Smithey and firefighters Demetrius Davis, Tony Potoczny and Edwin Colon. ...more

July 16, 2009

It was with a heavy heart that I read about the passing of Lyn Roche. Although I did not know her personally, she and her husband lifted my spirits many times with their reminiscences and advice over the past years. ...more

May 4, 2009

The annual Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test is meant to measure the academic performance and progress of individual students and entire schools. But when March rolls around, the one thing the FCAT tests most profoundly are teachers' and students' nerves. At many schools, administrators like to loosen things up with pre- and post-FCAT events, pep rallies and parties. This year, Fox Hollow Elementary School raised that idea to the next level with a group activity that raised their spirits sky high, somewhat literally. ...more

March 14, 2009

A dance party is planned to help a family raise money for a teenager's lung transplant. ...more

January 8, 2009

On a rainy morning that threatened to dampen spirits, Pasco-Hernando Community College brightened the mood for some of its financially strapped students Thursday as they picked up gifts wrapped for Christmas. ...more

December 12, 2008

The grandparents and father of Summer Moll have worked out a custody agreement. The 4-year-old girl survived a head-on crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway on Sept. 10 that killed her mother, Jennifer O'Boyle. ...more

December 1, 2008