He wields the oversized knife like the old pro he is, slicing and dicing a bushel of pungent white onions with steady precision. ...more

November 1, 2009

Richard Sabb, who lost the use of both legs and later nearly died, is an inspiration to everyone he meets. ...more

October 30, 2009

Law enforcement officers will lift their kickstands Saturday in memory of Ron Harrison, a Hillsborough County sheriff's sergeant known to many as the face of DUI checkpoints. ...more

October 30, 2009

A parrot whose cries of alarm alerted his owner when a little girl choked on her breakfast has been honored as a hero. ...more

March 24, 2009

The church organist sang "On Eagle's Wings" as Paul Lee Lopez's family filed into St. Joseph Catholic Church on Monday to mourn the Zephyrhills pilot who was killed March 9 when his plane crashed in a nearby orange grove. ...more

March 17, 2009

pilot Paul Lee Lopez funeral ...more

March 16, 2009

The church organist sang "On Eagle's Wings" as Paul Lee Lopez's family filed into St. Joseph Catholic Church today to mourn the Zephyrhills pilot who was killed March 9 when his plane crashed in a nearby orange grove. ...more

March 16, 2009

While some community members cast a wary eye, church officials who plan to open a new mission here say they are working to gain back trust. ...more

March 11, 2009

As federal investigators searched the debris of Continental Connection Flight 3407, questions lingered over the use of the plane's autopilot system during icy conditions. ...more

February 15, 2009

James Patterson has created some surreal characters and made them seem real in "The Final Warning." Maximum Ride seems like a normal teenager - until she opens her wings to fly. She and five other kids were born mutants from a genetic experiment and have spent most of their lives escaping from those who want to destroy them. They have recently been asked to help a group of scientists studying global warming in Antarctica. At first Max is not convinced that global warming is all that important or that they could help enough in its prevention. But as they grow more familiar with the wildlife in the Antarctic and see the actual effects of even minor climate changes they become very enthusiastic about being a part of the team. But their enemies have tracked them and manage to capture them. Maximum is afraid that this time their wings won't be able to save them. ...more

February 4, 2009