Kira Taylor of New Tampa will meet her hero Santa Claus today, helping him conduct the lighting of Christmas trees during the Symphony in Lights Kick-Off Celebration at The Shops at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel. ...more

November 21, 2009

Although she had a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis, Tampa's Mallory Code became one of the nation's top junior golfers. She won a state championship at Chamberlain High School and earned a scholarship to the University of Florida. ...more

November 11, 2009

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

January 8, 2009

At 14, Kyle Lane is going on nine years of defying the experts' prognosis. ...more

January 6, 2009

A fundraiser this weekend will help the Lane family prepare for 14-year-old Kyle Lane's lung transplant. ...more

January 5, 2009

An employer's offer to clear up a child support debt wasn't enough to persuade a federal judge to release Danny J. Collins from a one-year prison sentence. ...more

October 1, 2008

A man who avoided paying child support for six years will spend a year in federal prison and must pay nearly $25,000 in restitution, court papers state. ...more

September 3, 2008

Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. ...more

July 26, 2008

A 15-year-old with Cystic Fibrosis must eat - and eat and eat - to stay alive. ...more

July 10, 2008

A popular burger chain restaurant is hosting a charity fundraiser on Monday to benefit the family of a Carrollwood teenager who died in a house fire. ...more

May 31, 2008