Marjorie Kinnan's Rawlings' old typewriter still sits on a table on her screened-in porch, and her wood-frame house looks much like it did when she died 55 years ago. ...more

February 22, 2008

For her bat mitzvah project, Lauren Rubin, 12, held a yard sale to benefit Trinity Cafe, which feeds the homeless and poor. ...more

February 13, 2008

He cooks. She tastes. It's a combination that has brought Jim and Lisa Schalk a long way in their toffee adventure. ...more

February 11, 2008

She awoke at 4 a.m. with smoke in her lungs and fire at her window. Her children snuggled next to her in bed. ...more

February 10, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Play ball, but don't forget the ibuprofen. Allan Chipps plays catcher and at 90 years old is the oldest player in the Lake Placid Senior Softball League. He exceeds the minimum age requirement by 40 years, although for those who sport hair beneath their caps, the common color is gray. Participants are required to have reached the half-century mark and no one old enough is turned away. Even with five teams of 13 members each, there is a waiting list of eight prospective sluggers for the games played at Lake June Ball Fields. ...more

February 7, 2008

Thanks to every Romney supporter for a job well done against huge odds. We are winning. The Rasmussen poll has Mitt 29 percent to McCain 27 percent! I personally chose Mitt Romney because I share his values and beliefs and believe that he is a man of character with superb leadership abilities. Washington does not understand what is involved in running a business, meeting payroll, balancing the checkbook and realizing that in a successful business there are no such things as deficits. ...more

February 5, 2008

Defense attorneys in the Denise Lee abduction and slaying case asked a circuit judge today to reconsider a ruling that rejected a 60-day delay in releasing public records. ...more

February 4, 2008

Dear Abby: A friend was diagnosed with cancer. A single woman living alone, she rallied a group of co-workers, friends and neighbors to donate their time to help her with a variety of tasks. These included driving her back and forth to chemo and doctor appointments, fixing meals, cleaning her house (she has OCD and was superpicky about every detail, including cleaning the cat box), sleeping over to make sure she was OK (we had only a lumpy couch because she refused to set up a bed in one of her two vacant bedrooms!) and handling a variety of other tasks. ...more

January 27, 2008

TAMPA In Florida, Santa doesn't need Prancer, Dancer, Donder or Blitzen when he has an Evinrude, Mercury, Johnson or even a pair of oars. ...more

December 5, 2007

PLANT CITY - With no new leads and no break in the case, the owners of two slain and mutilated baby pigs decided to turn up the heat by placing a half-page newspaper advertisement. ...more

November 23, 2007