About four years ago, Larry and Mary Carmody became foster parents to a 2-year-old girl. She still lives in the area, so let's call her K. ...more

January 16, 2009

Dear Abby: My children are 10 and 12. When my wife and I suggest that we all do something together, they whine and moan. We have to force them to go or end up getting upset with them and staying home. ...more

June 29, 2008

I've heard it called the "flood of the century" and the "once-in-a-lifetime flood." ...more

June 22, 2008

Beatrice Miller has spunk. She married the man she had picked for a husband, went to college at 40 and fed half of Williamson, W. Va., with the open-door policy at her home. ...more

June 18, 2008

Hillsborough County last week shifted traffic on Gunn between Sickles High School and Nixon Road to allow workers to tear up the old highway and construct two northbound lanes. ...more

June 2, 2008

Leo McNellis is not a sports demagogue; he just plays one on the Internet. By day, he's a chemistry teacher at Washington High in South Bend, Ind., and an avowed Cubs fan. Yet, when McNellis, 41, became fed up with what he perceived was a lack of voice being given to baseball fans in the conversation about the abuse of performance enhancing drugs, he decided to act by founding the Web site, fanstrike.net. ...more

February 13, 2008

Just about everyone is feeling the queasiness associated with our nation's — and especially our local – economy. Quality businesses are cutting wherever they can. Good workers are concerned about layoffs and the general economic outlook is dismal. All of us are affected and it's not a pleasant situation. That said, most of us know that better days are coming. The difficulty is hanging on until then. ...more

February 6, 2008