Dear Abby: I am happily married, but all my life I have yearned for a close and sisterly relationship with my mother and my sisters. We are very different people, but a kind and understanding female relative is what I have always wished for. ...more

December 21, 2008 |

Fats Domino gave us "Blue Monday," and we got "Ruby Tuesday" from the Rolling Stones. But why does the day after Thanksgiving always bring Black Friday? ...more

November 27, 2008 |

Please allow me to use this medium to thank many people. ...more

November 20, 2008 |

We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to the law enforcement and emergency medical personnel that came to the aid of our sons, Coleby Slade and Kyle Jenkins. ...more

November 16, 2008 |

The Friends of the Centennial Park Library is sponsoring a local author fair Oct. 18. ...more

October 11, 2008 |

For some, the ability to lead their teammates is something that needs to be worked on, a skill that does not come naturally. ...more

September 17, 2008 |

I give thanks to city, county and state law enforcement. When I came in contact with law enforcement three times in two weeks, I thought to myself, "What is going on?" As I pondered I remembered this letter I had been procrastinating about writing through the years. ...more

August 24, 2008 |

As Scott Kazmir's frustration mounted with each start he made heading into the All-Star break, Rays manager Joe Maddon kept coming back to one point. ...more

July 22, 2008 |

I read in increasing horror about teachers having sex with their students. It seems that every week now you hear of a teacher who was arrested for such abuse. It has made me think back to my time as a student and also a teacher. ...more

June 23, 2008 |

The phones at Hernando High School have been ringing off the hook with irate calls from parents who received an unusually sly prank letter in the mail over the weekend. ...more

June 3, 2008 |