Eventually, Susan Sardiello's eyesight will be lost. She has been told by doctors the blood vessels behind her retinas are rapidly deteriorating and will cause total blindness. It could happen in a week or maybe in a year. It is a medical certainty she will lose it all. ...more

January 3, 2009

Granddaughter returns home from Iraq to spend time with grandmother, who is nearly blind. ...more

January 2, 2009

In church on Sunday, before the service started, I observed a young girl between 10 and 12 years old walking up and down the aisle, greeting people with the aplomb of a 40 year old. ...more

December 31, 2008

With price cuts galore and consumers out to buy more, the day after Christmas has become a shopping day to almost rival Black Friday and this year it fell on a Friday. ...more

December 27, 2008

A Christmas Story Hello out there to my fellow Hernando Today readers. I have one of those warm and fuzzy Christmas stories to share. Just when you thought I had nothing good to say. (Hey, that was about property taxes!) ...more

December 25, 2008

Jade Moore, the face of the Pinellas County teachers union for more than three decades, died early Thursday. ...more

December 19, 2008

Jade Moore, the face of the Pinellas teachers union for more than three decades, died early today after being hospitalized Tuesday after a stroke. ...more

December 18, 2008

Frustrated by two deadly house fires in East Tampa since Thanksgiving, emergency workers fanned out today, handing out dozens of free smoke detectors and batteries to scores of College Hill residents. ...more

December 15, 2008

University of South Florida students celebrate their graduations on USF's four campuses, in Tampa, Lakeland, Sarasota and St. Petersburg, today, Sunday and Monday. Though the fall commencement exercises are typically smaller than the spring's, this year brings several firsts: ...more

December 13, 2008

William Carro and Willie Hall were wearing matching buttons while sitting in a Highlands County courtroom Wednesday afternoon. ...more

December 11, 2008