Surgeons have removed two blood clots from a teen who received a massive shock when he climbed a power pole while trying to photograph a sunset, a family spokesman said. ...more

October 6, 2009

The little celebrity with the big scores is leaving "Dancing With the Stars." ...more

May 5, 2009

With Julie Poucher named Highlands County Teacher of the Year and Doreen Pearlman named the county School-Related Employee of the Year, Park Elementary was represented in the top two honors at the School Board of Highlands County's annual Summit Awards. ...more

April 14, 2009

I find myself actually agreeing wholeheartedly with a letter by Gabriel Read. Read wrote to encourage your readers to fill in the void taken up by our snowbirds. His emphasis was volunteerism; something of a shock because I would have expected his answer to be more government involved. ...more

April 4, 2009

From spring-loaded high heels to a watch that shoots pepper spray, there was no shortage of ideas at the world's largest inventors' convention Wednesday despite a global economic downturn and fewer potential customers. ...more

April 2, 2009

The seniors of the South Florida football team will honor Keeley Dorsey by donning his jersey this season. ...more

March 26, 2009

Since University of South Florida freshman running back Keeley Dorsey died Jan. 17, 2007, his No. 10 jersey has not been worn at USF. That will change this fall. ...more

March 26, 2009

Each woman - Andrea Robertson, Melanie Snow and Robin Bonanno - has a twinkle in her eye when she talks about the thrill of racing cars. ...more

March 20, 2009

In collecting his thoughts about the hottest topic in baseball these days, Alex Rodriguez's admission that he used performance enhancing drugs over a three-year period while playing for Texas, Rays manager Joe Maddon summed up the state of the game rather succinctly. ...more

February 11, 2009

And I thought taking my 90-year-old mother's car keys away was hard! Now my brothers and I are facing the heartbreaking task of getting mom out of her home and into an assisted living facility (ALF). I hope my readers will bear with me as I relate some of the sadness in my life right now. Just as I was getting somewhat settled after the shock of my husband's death, the "busy-ness" of settling his estate, and the effort of putting my own life in order, I got a call saying my mother is in the hospital with a series of mini-strokes. ...more

February 11, 2009