Beth Lentz has three children, but having delivered Caesarean she never experienced labor until Monday, she said. ...more

July 1, 2008

Dear Lyn: My 85-year-old mother moved into a nursing home a few months ago. She's adjusted well and has even made friends. She has many interests. She still reads and likes to paint. ...more

June 21, 2008

Lance Cpl. Greg Entrekin is serving on the front lines of Iraq, but he saw his newborn daughter for the first time at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday at St. Petersburg General Hospital. ...more

June 18, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Lance Cpl. Greg Entrekin is serving on the front lines of Iraq, but he saw his newborn daughter for the first time at 11:15 a.m. today at St. Petersburg General Hospital. ...more

June 17, 2008

Bring Back The Trains James Howard Kunstler's commentary "Driving Toward Disaster" (Other Views, May 28) struck a chord with me. When I read it, I had just returned from a weekend visit in Venice with my 85-year-old mother, whose wisdom, intellect and insight often surprise the entire college-educated family. ...more

June 14, 2008

It has been a rough 10 days for Michelle Obama. Internet rumors claimed there was a videotape of her criticizing "whitey" from a church pulpit. A Fox News analyst suggested her affectionate on-stage knuckle bump with her husband, on the night he locked up the Democratic presidential nomination, might have been a "terrorist's fist jab." Fox also labeled her a "baby mama," a term some use for unwed mothers. ...more

June 14, 2008

David Andrew White will have to live a long life if he hopes to walk free again. Friday afternoon, a judge sentenced the 40-year-old to 36 years in prison for the 2005 murder of his wife, Andrea White. ...more

June 6, 2008

Sarasota police have arrested a 29-year-old man, charging him with murder, robbery and false imprisonment in the March 20 slaying of a motel owner. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - Two young children and their 26-year-old mother were brutally slain in their Lutz home and Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies were mum about specifics, saying only that the scene was grisly and wrenching and that no arrests had been made. ...more

May 12, 2008

A local physician weathers a storm of anxiety waiting to hear word about her elderly mother and other relatives in Myanmar. ...more

May 10, 2008