Few people realize the dangers a law enforcement officer faces daily. ...more

March 11, 2010

In light of Valentine's Day and Black History Month taking most people's attention throughout February, most people don't know it's also National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. ...more

February 21, 2010

Gov. Charlie Crist has named Karen Pesce of Tampa and Julie Ryczek of Treasure Island as Points of Light in honor of March's Fitness/Nutrition Awareness Month. ...more

April 11, 2009

Ever wondered if you could be a blood marrow donor? Florida Blood Services is offering area residents a chance to find out with free enrollment in November. Anyone between ages 18 and 60 who donates whole blood, red cells, platelets or plasma is eligible to join the National Marrow Donor Program - a nationwide database that attempts to match an estimated 6,000 people a day to a volunteer donor. ...more

November 8, 2008

The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics has announced a contest to find the video that best conveys the Mathematics Awareness Month 2008 theme: "Mathematics and Voting." ...more

January 30, 2008

She could have been my daughter, or my neighbor's daughter. Carnesha Nelson was a bright, attractive 19-year-old college student who unfortunately became the obsession of a young man who worked on her campus at the University of Mississippi. He hounded her relentlessly, and wouldn't take no for an answer. The night he assaulted her, she ran screaming from him, pounding on dormitory doors. Fellow students called the police, but did not let her in. He caught and killed her. ...more

January 29, 2008

Stalking "is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear," according to a National Center for Victims of Crime Stalking fact sheet supplied at Monday's Pasco County Fatality Review Team news conference. ...more

January 15, 2008

Zach Bonner showed no sign of fatigue Monday morning as he spoke on the steps of the old state Capitol, the end point of his 280-mile march from Seffner. The Valrico fourth-grader started walking to Tallahassee on Nov. 3 to raise awareness of youth homelessness. ...more

November 27, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Zach Bonner showed no sign of fatigue this morning as he spoke on the steps of the old state Capitol, the end point of his 280-mile march from Tampa to Tallahassee to raise awareness of youth homelessness. ...more

November 26, 2007

Eye safety needs to start at home, according to an organization that seeks to prevent blindness. ...more

September 17, 2007