As a registered nurse that has had her eyes opened wide of late to how broken our medical profession is, I just wanted to share this little tidbit. ...more

January 20, 2008

A USF pediatrician is making school visits in an effort to combat childhood obesity. ...more

January 17, 2008

Longtime school board member and vice chairman Jim Malcolm announced Tuesday that he will not seek a fifth term on the Hernando County School Board. ...more

January 16, 2008

BROOKSVILLE - Longtime Hernando County School Board member and Vice Chairman Jim Malcolm has announced he will not seek a fifth term. ...more

January 15, 2008

The sign on the gate in front of the blue house announced the good news to a neighborhood that has had little since Hurricane Katrina: "There's a doctor in the house. Make your appointment NOW!" ...more

January 14, 2008

AVON PARK — Sharon Buckler was waiting for her husband Wednesday morning at the Sebring VA Outreach Clinic. "The doctors here are fantastic," said Buckler, whose husband, Vietnam veteran James Buckler, was in with Dr. Andres Cordoba. "The service is great. The nurses are friendly." A year ago, a Washington Post investigation of Walter Reed Army Hospital showed peeling paint, holes in the bathrooms, mouse droppings, dead cockroaches, stained carpets and cheap mattresses. Decades ago, deservedly or not, some Veteran's Administration hospitals had terrible reputations. A quick tour of the Sebring VA Outreach Clinic showed no such problems. ...more

January 10, 2008

A committee of parents, teachers and students at Armwood High School voted unanimously Wednesday to keep a book in its media center after it was challenged by a parent who objected to an explicit passage. ...more

January 9, 2008

The job forecasts and projections for 2008 never stop coming. It seems that every futurist, economist and business analyst out there has his own take on the future. So who's right? ...more

January 6, 2008

There are big plans afoot to focus on orthopedics, neurosurgery and spine care as Mease Dunedin Hospital's celebrates its 70th anniversary with a $19 million expansion. ...more

January 5, 2008

LAKE PLACID –– Dave Alden remembers his brother-in-law, Wendell, fondly, although he was only a child when his adopted sister married. It was partly because Wendell's life was a success story but more importantly he always made time for Dave. That mentoring of honesty and setting a good example made a lifetime impact. Born in Vermont, Alden retired in 1989 as a project engineer with Kennicott Copper. He and his wife, Marie, traveled the United States and Alaska for two years before the snowbirds decided to find a warm place in Florida to land. While zigzagging across the state, they discovered Lake Placid and fell in love with this town of murals and caladiums. Dave feels that their secret to being married 48 years –– besides luck –– is that they love each other and have the same goals. Marie was the type who wanted to help people and he was brought up the same way. ...more

December 31, 2007