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As news spread of a Plant High School teacher's battle with leukemia, students present and past quickly signed up to help through a Facebook page, "We Love Mrs. Phillips." ...more
October 31, 2009
As news spread of a Plant High teacher's battle with leukemia, students present and past quickly signed up to help through a Facebook page, "We Love Mrs. Phillips.'' Within 24 hours in August, Tamara Phillips went from thinking she had an infection to learning she had Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Phillips immediately started chemotherapy and blood transfusions at Moffitt Cancer Center. ...more
October 30, 2009
The Tampa Police Department Gladiators edged the Tampa Fire Rescue Firestorm 28-22 in the annual Badge Bowl charity flag football game. ...more
November 22, 2008
Seven-year-old Angelo Cerchione enjoys being a star. The boy, who suffers from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, stood up through a car's sunroof earlier this week at a Tinker Elementary School pep rally in his honor. ...more
November 22, 2008
Saturday, 7-year-old Angelo Cerchione and his family will head to Wharton High School to watch Tampa police officers and firefighters face off in the Badge Bowl, a fundraising flag-football game that each year benefits a child with cancer. This year, Angelo will be the beneficiary. ...more
November 21, 2008
Members of the Bell Shoals Baptist Church middle school youth group have been furiously poring through dresser drawers, digging around in closets and hunting in corners of garages, hoping to uncover hidden treasures. ...more
October 10, 2008
irst came the tingling feeling in his feet and toes, but soon there was no feeling at all. Not long after that, he couldn't stand or walk. He feels nothing from his rib cage down. Even after all the hospitals and all the tests, though, doctors can't tell Jeff Wagner for sure why this is happening. ...more
June 22, 2008
Having already beaten cancer twice, Jeff Wagner is now faced with another daunting challenge: walking again. ...more
January 22, 2008
During a season renowned for its miracles, a Valrico family received the remarkable news they had been hoping to hear. ...more
January 7, 2008
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