For the past seven months, John Castelamare Sr. has had to fight through conditions derived from a weakened heart. ...more

September 30, 2008

A powerful state senator who served time in federal prison has died in a Jacksonville nursing home. ...more

September 27, 2008

A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since a stroke has died, effectively ending a legal battle between her husband and mother in a case similar to that of Terri Schiavo, whose fate became the subject of national political debate in 2005. ...more

September 19, 2008

The city will demolish a nearly 70-year-old abandoned house where police found a woman's badly decomposed body in March. ...more

September 19, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH - A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since a stroke has died, effectively ending a legal battle between her husband and mother in a case similar to Terry Schiavo, whose fate became the subject of national political debate in 2005. ...more

September 18, 2008

Neil F. Law Jr. fought in a war, mapped out the first postal route along what would become Spring Hill's busiest street and founded one of the area's most popular golf courses. ...more

September 15, 2008

After public comment against it, the Sebring City Council voted to ease into a fire assessment implementing it at the 1 percent level. ...more

August 30, 2008

A judge on Wednesday granted temporary guardianship to the husband of a woman on a feeding tube in a case similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive. ...more

August 28, 2008

AVON PARK - Churches and non-profit groups in the City of Charm will have to fork over more money for their fire protection after the council voted 4-1 to charge them 75 percent of the institutional rate for the city's fire assessment. This means that churches will have to pay 50 percent more to the city's fire department through the annual assessment than it did last year, when they were charged 50 percent of the institutional rate. Homeowners will still pay $165, while commercial and nursing home rates were unchanged. ...more

August 25, 2008

Firefighters evacuated a nursing home early this morning because of a fire, authorities said. The Shady Palms nursing home, at 14527 N. Florida Ave., was evacuated by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue after a blaze started about 4:30 a.m. ...more

August 1, 2008