9:51 a.m. Meet the Breakfast Club, a group of friends who meet almost every day for their morning meal at a cafe on Upham Beach. The members, from left, are JoAnn and Peter Lousberg, May Shorr, Howie and Jeani Fullard, and Sigi Vogel. The dog on Howie's lap is My Boy - "MB" for short. ...more

August 19, 2008

Justina Altieri's story is rooted in tragedy. But it by no means defines her. ...more

July 2, 2008

Young woman rises above horrific night when she was a child. ...more

July 1, 2008

Stuart Sternberg freely admitted Saturday that superstition has been his motivation in avoiding his team for the better part of two months. ...more

June 22, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The girls aren't bad, they've had bad things happen to them. So spoke Danielle Taylor-Fagan, executive director of the PACE Center for Girls, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week in helping troubled teen girls turn around their lives. ...more

June 14, 2008

SEBRING — It came as a surprise. After Martha Visbing suffered a stroke, she ended up in the Kenilworth Care & Rehab Center in Sebring. Left home alone was husband Glenn Visbing. As he has for two years, Glenn visits his wife most evenings. He said he misses "everything" about living under the same roof. ...more

May 11, 2008

One of the many signs that decorate the hallways around the Lightning locker room is a motto from the 2003-04 season: "Good is the Enemy of Great." ...more

February 17, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: This occasional series spotlights local school administrators. This week's column features Sandra Black, principal at Springhead Elementary School, 3208 S. Nesmith Road. The school's telephone number is (813) 757-9321. ...more

January 10, 2008

A quick-thinking Boy Scout foiled an assassination attempt on the president of the Maldives on Tuesday, grabbing an attacker's knife as the man leapt from a crowd and lunged at the leader, an official said. ...more

January 9, 2008

Local volunteer artists whose motto is "sharing our God-given talents" helped brighten the holidays recently for students at the Willis Peters Exceptional Center. ...more

December 22, 2007