No one wants to see the return of the day when Florida businesses were bombarded by crippling workers' compensation claims. But reforms adopted by the Legislature in 2003, as the state Supreme Court found, went too far. ...more

March 4, 2009

On the occasion of Royal Oak Nursing Center resident Frank Thompson's 103rd birthday, Royal Oak activities director Nila Premer had an apology to make. ...more

December 13, 2008

South Florida Community College will offer a 40-hour Basic Security Guard Certification course, Sept. 8-23, at the SFCC Public Service Academy on the Highlands campus. Class meets four nights per week, Monday through Thursday, 6-10 p.m. ...more

August 5, 2008

She could be the nursing assistant who helped you last week at your doctor's office. ...more

July 27, 2008

After his older brother was fatally shot in what appeared to be a random carjacking, Dar Chanthavong was too grief-stricken to join his family whenever they pleaded in front of television cameras for information in the killing. ...more

June 24, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - After his older brother was fatally shot in what appeared to be a random carjacking, Dar Chanthavong was too grief-stricken to join his family whenever they pleaded in front of television cameras for information in the killing. Then last November, Chanthavong's mother, a nursing assistant who single-handedly raised $20,000 in reward money, died of brain cancer, less than two months after she was diagnosed. Sompong Chanthavong was the family member who worked most furiously to see that her son's killer was brought to justice, sometimes haranguing investigators for their failure to do so. Now her youngest son, Dar, has taken up the mantle. ...more

June 23, 2008

The Nature Coast Festival Singers have been rehearsing for their upcoming Christmas concerts since August. Their first show will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, at Nativity Lutheran Church in Weeki Wachee. Their next two performances will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at Wesleyan Village Church in Brooksville and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Hudson. For more information, call 597-2235. ...more

November 25, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A 33-year-old nursing assistant was arrested Wednesday on 16 counts of stealing the identities of elderly patients at a nursing home, police told News Channel 8. ...more

September 13, 2007