Here are the contestants for 2009 Florida Strawberry Festival queen: KAITLIN MACKENZIE ALLEN, daughter of Kenneth and Rhonda Allen. She is a junior at Plant City High School. She plans to attend the University of Florida or the University of Central Florida for pre-veterinarian studies. She is active with FFA. ...more

January 14, 2009

Until five years ago, Francine Knocke was living a fairly routine retirement life, going on outings with friends and spending time with her hobbies, such as painting, playing bridge, gardening and ballroom dancing. ...more

January 7, 2009

As a registered nurse with Pasco County Schools, Melanie Hagerty knows firsthand that the stories we all hear about today's kids being out of shape are true. ...more

January 1, 2009

They aren't part of a national organization but they have lived and worked all over the country. ...more

December 31, 2008

December was prime time for Jackie Clarkin. Clarkin, first in Canada and then in Sarasota, "always made a big deal of Christmas," she recalls. ...more

December 26, 2008

While most Highlands County residents are busy this Christmas morning opening presents or getting ready to go to grandmother's house, some are heading to work - if they're not already there. ...more

December 25, 2008

University of South Florida students celebrate their graduations on USF's four campuses, in Tampa, Lakeland, Sarasota and St. Petersburg, today, Sunday and Monday. Though the fall commencement exercises are typically smaller than the spring's, this year brings several firsts: ...more

December 13, 2008

As a registered nurse with Pasco County Schools, Melanie Hagerty knows firsthand that the stories we all hear about today's kids being out of shape are true. ...more

December 10, 2008

For some new nurses, it was the fear. They feared putting an intravenous catheter into a baby for the first time. They feared talking to their supervisors. They feared failure. ...more

December 10, 2008

Robin Knight shrieked when she saw Warrick Dunn. She howled again Tuesday afternoon when she stepped inside the new five-bedroom home presented to her by the Warrick Dunn Foundation and East Pasco Habitat for Humanity. ...more

December 10, 2008