After reading the story of James von Brunn, I was sickened. I knew racism and bigotry still existed, but didn't know it existed on such a huge scale. ...more

June 13, 2009

Dear Abby: Last year, my elderly father fell, suffering a head injury that caused his death. Dad had a chronic illness that kept him housebound during the last year of his life. ...more

February 1, 2009

The fraternity targeted for a possible lawsuit in the death of a Wharton High School graduate says Harrison Kowiak did not die as a result of hazing. ...more

January 15, 2009

Nick Barnett was devastated when he got the news one day last month that two friends had died in a traffic collision. ...more

September 3, 2008

Nick Barnett was devastated when he heard about the traffic deaths of two close friends this month. He left work to spend a few hours with their families. Then he went to the tattoo parlor. Barnett, an 18-year-old Bloomingdale High graduate, became part of a growing number of young people who are memorializing lost friends and family in permanent body ink. Teens and young adults mostly are the ones doing this, tattoo artists say. ...more

August 28, 2008

Puppets, jelly beans, goodie bags and Beanie Babies are all part of the Mending Hearts Program, which helps children to get through one of life's most intensely sad and unavoidable experiences: the loss of a loved one. ...more

July 8, 2008

Tatum Johnson, a 7-year-old Mort Elementary School first-grader who died after she was struck by a car over the weekend, loved Valentine's Day. ...more

February 13, 2008

TAMPA - Tatum Johnson, a 7-year-old Mort Elementary School first-grader killed when she was struck by a car over the weekend, loved Valentine's Day. ...more

February 12, 2008

The message was perfectly clear: Sean Taylor is gone forever, and he is not forgotten. ...more

December 3, 2007

Jefferson's regular season ended with an interception in the end zone, a failed 2-point conversion that would have tied the game and ultimately a 21-19 loss to Middleton. ...more

November 14, 2007