Gainesville's first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago. ...more

December 29, 2008 |

On the morning before the school's biggest football game in nearly a generation, Pasco High's placekicker sports a nose to match his influence on the portion of the field inside the opponent's 20-yard line. ...more

December 12, 2008 |

A 31-year-old woman found slain last week will be buried in northern Florida, with visitation in Tampa, a funeral home said Tuesday. ...more

November 26, 2008 |

Baseball's World Series is a time when the dreams of platers and fans come true. It is only fitting that such an occasion can help make the dreams of others come true as well. ...more

October 25, 2008 |

Tropical Storm Fay hobbled across northern Florida today as the state's death toll related to the storm rose to seven. The storm, which has never reached hurricane status, nevertheless dumped huge amounts of rain in some parts of Florida, particularly the low-lying central Atlantic coast regions. ...more

August 22, 2008 |

Gov. Charlie Crist sent a letter to President Bush this afternoon requesting an emergency declaration to cover Tropical Storm Fay's emergence as a "catastrophic flooding event" in east central and northern Florida, particularly Brevard County. ...more

August 20, 2008 |

Lynn Helms and her husband, Richard, moved to Plant City from Connecticut in 1998. They soon discovered First Presbyterian Church of Plant City. ...more

July 16, 2008 |

Jim Smetzer, chairman of the Blueberry Shop 'n' Stroll organizing committee, says the event went well but concerns from the public about a shortage of blueberries was welcomed. ...more

June 21, 2008 |

PATIENTS GIVE LOW RATINGS OF HOSPITAL EXPERIENCES ...more

June 5, 2008 |

The war in Iraq is creating a major - and perhaps deadly - shortage of night vision goggles for civilian pilots who fly medical helicopters in the United States. ...more

June 5, 2008 |