The smell of cookies wafted through the air Tuesday at Gulfside Regional Hospice offices as volunteers packaged cookies for Gulfside patients. ...more

December 13, 2008

An author who battled cancer as a child and used the experience as inspiration for a children's book will be in Brooksville today. ...more

November 21, 2008

Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair has scheduled a press conference today at noon on the 26th floor of the County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. in downtown Tampa. A press release from Blair's office said he will discuss his four years in office. ...more

November 13, 2008

A Sebring woman has been arrested and charged with attempting to extort $30,000 from a 70-year-old man. ...more

October 26, 2008

"Double the Hike, Double the Impact!" is the slogan for the second annual Hike for Hospice. ...more

October 15, 2008

A Highlands County press release reveals new information in connection with a drive-by shooting in Highway Park Sept 7 for which a Lake Placid man is a suspect. ...more

September 16, 2008

Police arrested a teenager on Friday and named him as the armed robber who shot a 17-year-old boy in the torso with a .22 caliber handgun. ...more

September 6, 2008

Water management officials will set controlled burns in the Jack Creek area north of Lake June during the next two months, according to a press release from the Southwest Florida Water Management District. ...more

August 30, 2008

Never mind Beijing, Nicole Ogloza went to Lincoln, Neb., and struck gold. The 14-year-old Gulf High School freshman recently competed in the 2008 Roller Figure Skating National Championships. She successfully out-skated 23 other hopefuls to grab first place in the Freshman/Sophomore C Women's singles event. ...more

August 23, 2008

While many couples across the country went out of their way to schedule their weddings for Aug. 8 as a way of securing good luck, a South Shore couple took the theme in a slightly different direction. Carmine and Joanna Caporaso planned for their second son, Ryan, to be born on Aug. 8 at Brandon Regional Hospital. However, the Caporasos ended up taking the 8-8-08 gimmick to the extreme — the infant was born precisely at 8:08 a.m. "We had selected that date a while ago and my surgery was scheduled for 7:30 a.m.," Joanna said. "Once we were in there, and we saw that it was getting to be close to 8:08 a.m., I told them, 'If we can make it happen, let's try to make it happen.'" ...more

August 15, 2008