Ben Welch knows that he came close to death. And every time the 13-year-old Seffner boy runs a fever or gets a scratch, his family recalls the nearly two-year ordeal that cut short his soccer career and almost cut short his life. ...more

October 8, 2008

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July 1, 2008

The postseason is under way this week in Plant City Recreation and Parks Department/Optimist Youth Soccer League play. ...more

May 21, 2008

The Newsome High School soccer coach who was charged Thursday with having sex with a female student left his former job on a sour note. ...more

February 1, 2008

He didn't care that his illness's official name was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or that it is more commonly known as a superbug staph infection. ...more

November 14, 2007