After reading recent letters about disabled parking, I finally decided to write my story. ...more

December 30, 2009

Add one more Christmas tradition to the list: hunting the after-Christmas bargains. With Santa back home at the North Pole for another year, shoppers from across Tampa Bay descended on shopping malls in search of post-holiday mark-downs. ...more

December 26, 2009

State police say a daylong standoff at a small-town Virginia post office has ended with three hostages being released and a man in custody. ...more

December 24, 2009

My husband and I went to see the movie "Blind Side" in Sebring. It was a must-see movie, a true story that shows love and compassion to a boy from the projects. You need Kleenex to watch it, but it has a good ending. ...more

December 11, 2009

On Nov. 18, my mother, Doris Bennett, passed away peacefully with me by her side. ...more

November 21, 2009

He wields the oversized knife like the old pro he is, slicing and dicing a bushel of pungent white onions with steady precision. ...more

November 1, 2009

Richard Sabb, who lost the use of both legs and later nearly died, is an inspiration to everyone he meets. ...more

October 30, 2009

A 75-year-old wheelchair-bound woman is in serious condition tonight after her electrical recliner caught fire, Hernando County Fire Rescue said. ...more

October 27, 2009

Eloise Mudway is getting the deed to her house back. Joseph and Cynthia Clancy, the couple recently convicted of stealing the 2,900-square-foot home from the 92-year-old woman, got sentences of 10 years each in state prison. ...more

October 23, 2009

My husband who uses a wheelchair and I went shopping at Walmart in Avon Park on Wednesday, Sept. 21. After shopping, I helped my husband get into our van and put his wheelchair in the back. Unfortunately, I drove home, forgetting to put my groceries in the van. ...more

September 28, 2009