Publix advertised a Hibachi grill in the store circular. Stella at the courtesy counter took my name and phone number, and promised to call when the grills came in. I phoned the store late afternoon. Dave volunteered to call around to other stores to locate a grill for me. ...more

May 22, 2008

When the man with the African accent asked for help, University of Tampa senior Sean Collins did what he thought was the right thing. ...more

May 5, 2008

TAMPA - When the man with the African accent asked for help, University of Tampa senior Sean Collins did what he thought was the right thing. ...more

May 2, 2008

POLK CITY - The remarkable thing was that he was still breathing. Inside the pitch black and the smoke, cars were crashing into each other all around him. His own Mazda Protégé was wrinkled up like a squeezebox into the back of a Geo Tracker. But Eric Rannebarger was alive and awake. ...more

February 16, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton smothered Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain with kindness on Friday, then declared her rivals wrong on the issues. ...more

February 16, 2008

Bill Green was riding his bicycle to church on Christmas Eve when temptation caused him to hit the brakes. ...more

February 15, 2008

Tavian Banks and Cordell Taylor would not recognize the "pleasant" Tom Coughlin who coaches the New York Giants. ...more

February 1, 2008

I'm a director and second vice president at Brookridge. On several occasions I have had go to Hernando County Commissioner Diane Rowden for help, and she always helped us. ...more

January 22, 2008

Melodious hymns spill from the back of the tidy Albany Avenue shop, where women and girls trust Sandra Thomas with their most glorious possessions: their hair and their souls. ...more

January 6, 2008

Susan Dahl had spent four months homeless in Colorado and had just been on a harrowing 10-hour bus trip through sleet and snow. Hungry and broke, all she wanted to do was get back to family in Minnesota. ...more

December 22, 2007