The 14-year-old son of rock singer John Mellencamp has won a division title in the Indiana Golden Gloves boxing tournament. ...more

April 17, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In this live-and-let-live town, where medical marijuana clubs do business next to grocery stores and an annual fair celebrates sadomasochism, prostitutes could soon walk the streets without fear of arrest. ...more

October 21, 2008

On behalf of the Family Readiness Group of the Bravo Battery National Guard unit in Avon Park, and the group Touched By Angels, we would like to extend our gratitude to all of those who donated to our fundraiser yard sale which was held at the armory on Sept. 19. Many people within our community graciously donated items they no longer needed to help our soldiers during the upcoming Christmas holiday. Not only did we receive donations of goods for the yard sale, but also monetary donations as well. There were quite a few people who weren't aware of the situation our local guardsmen are in and were more than happy to donate to such a good cause. ...more

October 3, 2008

It's not often you meet a cannon maker whose home resembles a small museum. ...more

September 22, 2008

The Family Readiness Group of the Bravo Battery, 3/116th FA MLRS local National Guard military unit, along with a Springfield College group project called "Touched By Angels," will be having a fundraising yard sale at the Avon Park Armory on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ...more

September 10, 2008

Coming in from the outskirts to be closer to its listeners, radio station WTMP has settled into a new office across from the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory on Howard Avenue. ...more

August 29, 2008

Coming in from the outskirts to be closer to its listeners, radio station WTMP has settled into a new office across from the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory on Howard Avenue. ...more

August 27, 2008

Michael Rodriguez remembers the exhilaration of newfound freedom when he hid in the back of a stolen truck as he and six of his buddy convicts staged one of Texas' most notorious prison breaks. ...more

August 11, 2008

Federal agents raided Blackwater Worldwide this week as part of an investigation into whether the private security company sidestepped federal laws prohibiting the private purchase of automatic assault rifles, the company said Thursday. ...more

June 27, 2008

It was 1975. Gas was cheap, I was dating the Frau, the Bucs were on the horizon and soccer was coming to town. You just never know how your life is going to change, do you? ...more

June 23, 2008