A Plantation woman has won the crown of Miss Florida USA 2009. Nineteen-year-old Anastagia Pierre will go on to represent the Sunshine State in the Miss USA competition in April. Pierre is a student at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. She plans to become a certified physician's assistant. ...more

July 14, 2008

Last season, Dontae Aycock rushed for 1,101 yards with 22 touchdowns and threw for 941 yards and five TDs. ...more

July 8, 2008

A spot in her seventh Wimbledon final already secured, Venus Williams headed back to Centre Court to catch the end of the next match. ...more

July 4, 2008

A fisherman struck by lightning last week in Sarasota County was released from the hospital Tuesday after coming out of a medically induced coma. ...more

July 3, 2008

TAMPA - A fisherman struck by lightning last week in Sarasota County was released from the hospital Tuesday after coming out of a medically induced coma. Today, Eric Troyer's family issued a statement thanking a witness who tried to revive him after he was struck. ...more

July 2, 2008

Owners of an area wine store hope to uncork the secret to success as an independent store after the demise of the chain that formerly franchised it. ...more

June 30, 2008

TRINITY - Owners of an area wine store hope to uncork the secret to success as an independent store after the demise of the chain that formerly franchised it. Cork & Olive Trinity has remained open at 10700 S.R. 54, manager Jesse Boblooch reports, even while the nine-store chain based in Tampa collapsed. ...more

June 25, 2008

Owners of an area wine store hope to uncork the secret to success as an independent store after the demise of the chain that formerly franchised it. ...more

June 25, 2008

You can go to a place and fall in love with it but never really know much about the many layers of history that formed it. ...more

June 22, 2008

How Do You Care For A Chronically Toxic Parent? Dear Lyn: I read your column and always look forward to the helpful hints and stories you share. My problem is one I have not seen in your column. How do you tell whether a person who has always been nasty and unpleasant is becoming more so because of age-related problems or just because her lifelong personality is becoming more pronounced as she gets older? ...more

June 6, 2008