Let's Combat Bullying As we prepare for our seventh The America Dream Congress (TAD) today, I wanted to report our exciting progress to our Pasco community residents. ...more

June 18, 2008

Isabella Ecker-Amaral puts a surgical cap and mask on Molly the puppet, takes her pulse and listens to her heartbeat with a stethoscope. But the 6-year-old is doing more than playing doctor - she's getting comfortable with hospital procedures in advance of her surgery to alleviate any fears she may have. ...more

June 14, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE BASEBALL AA ROOKIES After impressive opening-round win, Ridge Manor falls flat, 24-0. ...more

June 11, 2008

SEBRING — A least one group of medical professionals still makes house calls. With a nine-person staff, including four nurses, the local two-month-old Visiting Nurse Association of Florida regularly makes house calls to 44 patients. The not-for-profit foundation was established nationally in 1976. "We teach them the tools to stay out of the hospital," said Kimberly Simms, director of marketing. "The nurses bring a smile and a helping hand." VNA visiting nurses work hand in hand with physicians when visiting 74 -year old Donald Vanyo. The homebound Lake Placid resident takes 14 pills a day. ...more

May 27, 2008

The Tallahassee Leon Lions could see Plant City quarterback Techonqueyha Shaw coming from a couple hours away as they watched the Raiders on Saturday afternoon in the flag football state championship semifinals. ...more

May 4, 2008

Durant High's tremendous distance runners and Plant City's all-everything junior are in Winter Park today for the Class 4A state Track & Field Championships. ...more

May 3, 2008

SEBRING — Although three key members of the 2008 Heartland Triathlon committee resigned this week, Florida Hospital pledged on Friday to continue as title sponsor and pitch in $10,000. Don Elwell sits on the boards for both the triathlon committee, and a major organizer for the past two years, the 1,000 member Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce. ...more

May 2, 2008

It was nearly 50 years ago that Physicians for Social Responsibility first helped find traces of radioactive waste in children's teeth as a result of atmospheric nuclear testing. ...more

February 23, 2008

Can a Super Bowl commercial be too clever? "Yes, if it misses the goal of establishing a brand name and doesn't help the bottom line," says Stephen Blessing, a University of Tampa psychology professor who has done research that tests people's memory of Super Bowl ads. ...more

February 3, 2008

Somewhere out there, a homeless person is keeping warm or an orphan at a children's home has a smile on her face because of the love the women of the Victorious Life Church Quilting Club put into their projects. ...more

January 26, 2008