It's heartache almost too incomprehensible to imagine. Susan Rizzo Vincent's only child, a beautiful young woman named Andrea, survives cancer, only to be killed at age 24 by a drunken driver. ...more

January 26, 2008

Latoya Patrick, 19, of Brooksville, is excited about her graduation at the Institute of Technology, West Campus, on Sunday. She was among the 28 graduates from Pasco and Hernando counties to receive their home health care and certified nursing assistant certificates. Here, some graduates shake off nervousness and get ready for the ceremony, including (from left behind Patrick) Simone Callum of Brooksville, Nicole Danese of Spring Hill, Emily Tzobanakis of Spring Hill, Erica Kincade of Brooksville and Farrah Badger of Brooksville. ...more

January 22, 2008

To start this New Year off on the proper footing I decided once again to climb the Mountain of Knowledge and seek, from the great guru, answers to questions that have been bothering me for some time. Some longer that others. Questions like: If Hillary gets the Democratic nod I wonder if Bill will exchange cookie recipes with the Republican First Lady hopeful? Why do people avoid counting their birthdays? If they didn't have them they'd be gone. ...more

January 19, 2008

The Polk County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the four people who died along Interstate 4 on Wednesday in a fiery 70-vehicle pileup. ...more

January 14, 2008

The No Child Left Behind Act has never been a friend to Florida, though the state was a leader in adopting the accountability standards the act supposedly promotes. ...more

January 7, 2008

A woman donned a blond wig and sunglasses in an attempt to cash a check with another person's driver's license, a report shows. ...more

January 3, 2008

SARASOTA — Booker Elementary Principal Gwendolyn Tose-Rigell died last night at about 9 p.m., school officials said today. ...more

December 27, 2007

A tornado that ripped through the Land O' Lakes Jail complex off U.S. 41 early Sunday morning left behind at least $1.5 million in damage, initial estimates show. ...more

December 19, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - A tornado that ripped through the Land O' Lakes jail complex off U.S. 41 early Sunday morning left behind at least $1.5 million in damage, initial estimates show. ...more

December 18, 2007

Detectives hope surveillance video of a trip to McDonald's will lead to a couple of auto-burglary suspects. ...more

December 12, 2007