Wednesday morning was dark and wet. Rain pelted the pavement at the corner of West Shore Boulevard and Montgomery Avenue. That's where Beulah May Lofts, in a gray crossing-guard shirt and green pants, was struck and critically injured. ...more

October 26, 2007

TAMPA - Wednesday morning was dark and wet. Rain pelted the pavement at the corner of West Shore Boulevard and Montgomery Avenue. That's where Beulah May Lofts, in a gray crossing-guard shirt and green pants, was struck and critically injured. She had been at the intersection for only a few minutes. This morning, as Lofts lay in the intensive-care unit at Tampa General Hospital, classes continued at nearby Monroe Middle and Lanier Elementary schools, just a half-block from where the 76-year-old woman was struck. ...more

October 25, 2007

Despite a few hair raising moments, cats temporarily housed at the Critter Adoption & Rescue Effort Shelter are purr-fectly pleased after moving into a brand new home Sept. 27. ...more

October 20, 2007

State lawmakers are cutting back on hospital care for poor, legal, noncitizen residents but agreed this week to give hospitals a little more help deciding how long those patients can stay. ...more

October 10, 2007

CLEARWATER - A 17-year-old whom authorities say was shot in the back of the head Friday by a 16-year-old passenger while she was driving has been moved out of the intensive care unit, her father said today. ...more

October 1, 2007

Kevin Everett sustained a 'catastrophic' and life-threatening spinal-cord injury while trying to make a tackle during the Buffalo Bills' season opener and is unlikely to walk again, the surgeon who operated on him said Monday. ...more

September 11, 2007

Next month Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs will open a Progressive Care Unit, a half-way house of sorts for cardiac patients. ...more

September 8, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Karoline Byler, 29, continues to recuperate at Bayfront Medical Center after delivering sextuplets Saturday evening. ...more

September 3, 2007

Most of the 35-member team that helped bring the Byler sextuplets into the world during three hectic minutes held hands with Karoline and Ben Byler before the Caesarean section delivery. Then they prayed. ...more

September 3, 2007