Regarding "Teacher Thanks Little Lifesavers" (Metro, April 16): Our daughter, Shelly Copeland, a third-grade teacher at Folsom Elementary School, was able to celebrate her 33rd birthday April 17 thanks to the quick emergency responses from several groups of people in Hillsborough County. She suffered a sudden cardiac arrest March 4 in her classroom. ...more

May 10, 2008

Oxygen ignited inside a special hood worn by a newborn infant in a hospital, burning the boy's head and face and leaving him in critical condition. ...more

January 24, 2008

Officials agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit from a former jail inmate whose back was broken after a confrontation with a corrections officer in 2003. ...more

January 22, 2008

This is a response to the story about the gentleman responding to the article of the woman who was airlifted to Tampa following a stabbing in Avon Park. I believe that this gentleman is misinformed on some of his facts and I would like to set the record straight. First I will say that I am a nurse at Florida Hospital and am proud to work and serve my community. Our hospitals (in Sebring, Lake Placid and Wauchula) all are capable of handling most emergencies we face in Highlands County. We are able to handle most emergencies, but apparently not this woman's. She had sustained knife wounds, which could not be handled in Highlands County and the decision was made to get her somewhere quickly where she could get her wounds taken care of. ...more

January 11, 2008

Jose Morales awoke New Year's Day and rolled over to see his girlfriend next to him with tears streaming down her face. ...more

January 2, 2008

Thank you for all the visits, phone calls, flowers, and kindness shown to all of our family during the loss of Purvis (Turkey) Thomas., a son, dad and brother. A special thank you to Highlands County Sheriff and also the staff at the Good Shepherd Hospice; your nurses were tops. ...more

December 21, 2007

WHO: Linda Harns CLAIM TO FAME: She has given her time and decorations and Christmas trees from relatives to bring cheer to Gulfside Regional Hospice houses at Lafayette Street and Sunset Bay in west Pasco. ...more

December 16, 2007

My first encounter with Michelle Bradley-Carley was an early morning in February. Michelle was halfway through her first chemotherapy regimen. We spoke about her battle with cancer, and about her having just turned 35. ...more

October 21, 2007