The state officially stopped Tampa Bay Academy on Friday from providing long-term mental health care to the most troubled children, but the academy's problems aren't unique to its corporate parent in Texas. ...more

January 10, 2009

The official rebuke to the troubled Tampa Bay Academy comes at 5 p.m. today – the time when state regulators said they will suspend the academy's license for what they called "gross mismanagement" of mental health care. Barring a last-minute decision – the academy's executives have appealed to regulators with an improvement plan – the for-profit mental health center in Riverview will no longer be able to provide long-term residential care to children and teenagers who suffer from severe mental illness. ...more

January 9, 2009

'Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry. But eat and drink too much and the merriment will come to an abrupt end the next time you step on the scale. ...more

December 10, 2008

This time of year, we eat, drink and are merry. But eat and drink too much and the merriment will come to an abrupt end the next time you step on the scale. ...more

November 30, 2008

A man in a clown mask shot a 27-year-old store clerk while robbing a CVS drugstore early Saturday morning, and the company and Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay each are offering a $5,000 reward for the gunman's capture. ...more

November 29, 2008

When asked about their plans, Ed and Ann Marie Peterson always have the same answer. ...more

October 22, 2008

As world financial markets continue to roil, credit card users may see higher fees, higher interest rates and lower credit limits. Credit card companies are raising rates as high and often as possible in response to the credit crisis, credit counselor Harold Stephenson says. ...more

October 16, 2008

Part of good mental health at any age is being informed about the many factors of one's present situation, thus making it possible to have choices and be proactive. This is certainly true for the senior and his or her family. ...more

October 15, 2008

The Rev. Gary Don Cooper said Tuesday that his counseling practice is no different than the relationship a minister has when a parishioner seeks counsel at church, only his ministry is in a different setting. ...more

August 13, 2008

The Rev. Gary Don Cooper, who says he is a Christian psychologist, has been charged with practicing health care without a license. ...more

August 12, 2008