As part of the I Made It series, 4you visited Bill Lee three times this year, as he tried to balance life's adventures and training for his first marathon. The first installment saw him finish a first-ever road race - the Gasparilla Distance Classic 15K in February. The second addressed the arrival of a third child. This is the final visit. ...more

November 6, 2008

The election today is one for the history books and people in all walks of life sense it. ...more

November 4, 2008

Uh-oh. Alex Valdez was in trouble. He had just been pulled over by Kevin Beckman and Joshua Short in a sheriff's car, lights flashing. Arrayed in crisp uniform and speaking politely and professionally, Beckman put the18-year-old Valdez through a series of field sobriety tests. ...more

October 1, 2008

Maybe you've seen her face. In store catalogues, on Home Shopping Network, at a Sephora makeup demonstration. ...more

September 13, 2008

Sherrie St. James-Bastien is organizing a treasure hunt of sorts to mark the one-year anniversary of her father's death in November, and to benefit the organization she said helped ease his passing. ...more

September 10, 2008

Sherrie St. James-Bastien is organizing a treasure hunt of sorts to mark the one-year anniversary of her father's death in November, and to benefit the organization she said helped ease his passing. ...more

September 10, 2008

John Nicolette is challenging incumbent County Commissioner Ted Schrader in the Aug. 26 Republican primary. The winner faces write-in candidate John Taylor. The Tampa Tribune asked Nicolette why he thinks he should be elected and what his priorities would be. ...more

August 17, 2008

Five people died as a result of the anthrax mailings in 2001, which came soon after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Another 17 people were sickened with respiratory and skin infections. ...more

August 2, 2008

Levi Dixon Jr. wasn't perfect, but to Angela Pratt, he was the best son a mother could have. "He was a good kid," Pratt said a day after 17-year-old Levi was shot to death at a friend's house in Tampa. "He didn't get in trouble. Nothing like that. He liked to have fun." ...more

July 28, 2008

Highlands County Habitat for Humanity is calling for women volunteers to participate in an ongoing, local "Women Build" project on Thursdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. ...more

July 15, 2008