Healing health care's "forgotten heroes" ...more

November 17, 2009

The National Alliance on Mental Illness Hernando's monthly speaker meetings will resume the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Beautiful Mind Outreach Center, 10554 Spring Hill Drive. ...more

October 22, 2009

The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center recently launched a Web site for cancer patients, their families and others interested in getting an inside look at the Tampa Bay area's hub for oncology treatments. ...more

May 25, 2009

Four years ago, when one of her five cancer treatment centers had to close for a month while new equipment was installed, physician Kathryn Kepes, founder and chief executive officer of The Center for Radiation Oncology, started a free patient transport program. ...more

December 17, 2008

Chief Warrant Officer Bob Turner spent most of the last year at an Army base in Afghanistan, far from his fellow sailors and the sea. The 28-year veteran was one of thousands of sailors attached by themselves to Army and Marine units, groups that trained together stateside - without them. ...more

November 2, 2008

When Valrico resident Sue Bowditch lost her daughter, Karron, in 2000, her whole world came to a halt. ...more

September 24, 2008

An award-winning social service agency will move from the area it serves, but the director vows it will continue to assist families in the low-income community west of the University of South Florida. ...more

June 18, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - An award-winning social service agency will move from the area it serves, but the director vows it will continue to assist families in the low-income community west of the University of South Florida. Positive Support for Parents in Neighborhoods, known as Positive Spin, must vacate its St. James Place Town Homes on 127th Avenue near 15th Street by July 31. The agency's 10-member staff has provided counseling and referrals for families, boys and girls activities clubs, tutoring programs, emergency assistance during flooding and support groups for men and women from three four-bedroom apartments at the complex since 2001. ...more

June 16, 2008

SEBRING — RCMA teen parents had plenty to celebrate on the final day of classes for seniors at Sebring High School on Thursday — all four senior teen parents are graduating. Jelisha Ward couldn't stop smiling as she took off her backpack after class and picked up her son, Dylah Samuels, in the RCMA Teen Parent building. "Knowing I have a diploma is a great accomplishment," Jelisha said. "I am so happy to be done with high school and moving on to the next phase of my life." Katrina Caldwell, family support worker for the program, said typically only about 25 percent of teen parents graduate, but this year 100 percent of the girls who started high school will be collecting diplomas. ...more

May 22, 2008