Dear Abby: For the past three years, I have been dating this girl, "Annie," whom I love very much. We're both 18, and I am starting college in the fall and plan to go into the military. ...more

May 4, 2008

SEBRING — Valentine's Day is a time for lovers to express their feelings — and sometimes they do it in places you wouldn't expect — like the courthouse. But on Thursday it remained unusually quiet in the marriage licensing department at the Highlands County Courthouse. "We were really shocked because we didn't have very many appointments," said Debbie Carpenter. "I don't know why we don't have the same number (of ceremonies scheduled) as we've had in the past." In all, the courthouse had three marriage ceremonies scheduled on Thursday, but only two couples showed up. Typically, Valentine's Day is so busy for employees that it's the only day of the year where citizens who want to get married have to phone in an appointment. ...more

February 15, 2008

Physician Speros Hampilos had expected to see 92-year-old Charles Melemed in his office Monday morning after Melemed's daughter told the doctor her father wasn't feeling well. ...more

February 11, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Physician Speros Hampilos had expected to see 92-year-old Charles Melemed in his office this morning after Melemed's daughter told the doctor her father wasn't feeling well. Instead, Hampilos ended up trying to save Melemed's life out in the street. ...more

February 11, 2008

A wave of a dozen napping, fussing, squirming and crying babies crested into the nursery of St. Joseph's Women's Hospital last week. ...more

January 30, 2008

A wave of a dozen napping, fussing, squirming and crying babies crested into the nursery of St. Joseph's Hospital last week. For the first time in quite a while, hospital staffers say, the nursery was abuzz with six sets of twins, all delivered within three days. ...more

January 29, 2008

Chris Stein is a year out of high school now and still waiting for his big break. ...more

January 18, 2008

Hillsborough County is looking for a volunteer to serve on the University Area Enterprise Zone Development Agency Board. ...more

December 22, 2007

The state has taken away "public transportation" for Medicare recipients, to help reduce our taxes. If you are on Medicaid you can receive it, but if you're on Medicare, there is no more funding for it, and you just don't need it. That must be their theory? My daughter, who has a progressive crippling disease, was recently denied transportation for a "follow- up" appointment, two days after she had cataract surgery. I have spent two days phoning all over the state without any results. She has to have another cataract removed, which involves two appointments again, and three other appointments before the year's end. ...more

November 5, 2007

Some Bay area people who lack medical insurance and don't know how they'll be able to afford health care can cross that bridge when they come to it. ...more

October 4, 2007