Carolyn Aviles won't call it an accident. A pickup hit her side of the car as she was pulling into the street from a parking lot. A mishap, she said. That's all. ...more

August 3, 2008

Carolyn Aviles sums up her addicted son's fatal overdose this way: "I blame the doctors. I blame the system. I blame — I should blame him, but I don't. You can't blame a person that is out of control." ...more

August 1, 2008

HOLIDAY -- With health insurance premiums rising and the cost of health care on the same path, Holiday Pharmacy is offering high quality prescription medications at costs lower than pharmacy chains. The business recently opened its doors at 2537 U.S. 19, between Sunray Drive and Darlington Road. ...more

July 26, 2008

Terry Underwood remembers when his wife found their son's body. Timothy Underwood had gone out the night before with friends, his father said. Sometime before morning, someone brought the 23-year-old construction worker home. ...more

July 19, 2008

TAMPA Terry Underwood remembers when his wife found their son's body. ...more

July 18, 2008

PALM HARBOR - A man robbed a pharmacy this morning, ordering staff and customers to the floor before firing a single shot into the ceiling and demanding painkillers, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 15, 2008

Dear Friend: There's this thing that's been hovering over me lately, gnawing into my mind like a bad dream. It's an empty desk where a peer once sat or a phone call never returned. It's the startlingly high rate of suicide in this country, and it's really scary. ...more

July 13, 2008

Bill Jakob arrived in this small town with an offer to help police curb the community's methamphetamine problem. ...more

June 29, 2008

As a member of the Florida House of Representatives for the last 5 1/2 years, I have served on the Healthcare Council and as vice chairman of the Healthy Seniors Committee. We have passed many vital and beneficial pieces of legislation to help seniors in Florida. ...more

June 23, 2008

Three times more Floridians died from prescription pill abuse last year than from a fatal overdose of an illegal drug. ...more

June 22, 2008