PLANT CITY - When a 9-year-old boy fell under the wheels of a float Friday night in the Plant City Christmas Parade, onlookers rushed to help him. Johnny Knotts, who had been watching the parade from the west side of South Collins Street, was among the first to kneel beside the injured child. His Knotts hardware store stands across the street, just south of Laura Street. "The float in front of me suddenly stopped," Knotts said. "People on the east side of the street were screaming. It was obvious that something horrible had happened. I ran to the other side of the float and saw the boy lying under the trailer." ...more

December 8, 2007

Want to sleep better? Look better? Feel better? In the right combinations, the right foods can do all of this, and more. ...more

December 8, 2007

They found his body Tuesday morning, next to a Dumpster behind the Genesis School, as parents dropped their children off at the private elementary school. ...more

November 22, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - They found his body Tuesday morning, next to a Dumpster behind the Genesis School, as parents dropped their children off at the private elementary. The man's belongings were stuffed in an old backpack. His clothes were soiled. ...more

November 21, 2007

Florida WR Percy Harvin returned to practice Monday for the first time since he got a migraine headache that left him "crying himself to sleep some nights." Harvin, who said he has suffered from migraine headaches since age 10, said the headache that lasted more than a week and caused him to miss the South Carolina and Florida Atlantic games was the worst he has experienced. ...more

November 19, 2007

Maybe Jeff Garcia can get some sleep now. The look of relief on his face following Sunday's 17-10 win against Arizona spoke loudly about what the seven previous days - and nights - had been like since he was intercepted three times in a one-point loss to Jacksonville. There was no such problem against the Cardinals, no reason to do anything but walk into the bye week with the satisfaction of a solid outing and victory. ...more

November 5, 2007

When I joined Weight Watchers on March 7, 2006, I had many reasons to want to lose weight. I had borderline high blood pressure, suffered from sleep apnea and could not walk up a flight of stairs without becoming winded. ...more

November 1, 2007

Before a sheriff's deputy shot Stephen Miholics, he was already down on his luck. ...more

October 18, 2007

I can only imagine how puffed up my husband must have been the night a sportswriter sitting next to him at a pro fight leaned over and asked if he was a former boxer. "Why, yes," Rick replied, sitting a little straighter in his chair. "How did you know?" He figured his fellow scribe had seen him in action back in the '70s, when he was a pretty good junior welterweight fighting out of Minneapolis. ...more

September 27, 2007

How is it that the body ages while the person inside still feels as young as ever? I find myself making plans as if I can still do all the things I've always done. And then I'm shocked when things take longer, or are more tiring, or I find I simply can't do them at all. ...more

September 23, 2007