SEBRING — Michelle Alvarez is working hard to turn the near drowning death of son into a positive experience. Alvarez hopes to build a hospital where children and parents could go for alternative treatment, has started a swimming program, is working to create a house for children with special needs and even starred in a ready-for-prime-time music video. The 33-year-old physical therapist became an activist and has established a foundation after her now 5-year-old son's drowning and resuscitation after about 20 minutes of CPR. ...more

June 23, 2008

A lawsuit alleges that the makers of a pet door and pool safety gate are responsible for a 2-year-old's drowning death two years ago. ...more

May 31, 2008

Georgia Frontiere, the St. Louis native who became a hometown hero when she brought the Rams from Los Angeles in 1995, died Friday. She was 80. ...more

January 19, 2008