Mashelle Lembke stood on a runway at MacDill Air Force Base with family, friends and service members Thursday afternoon, waiting to accompany her husband's body to the city in which he was raised. Plant City soldier Eric Lembke was killed Oct. 23 in Afghanistan. ...more

November 6, 2009

On Tuesday morning, little Cheyenne Leslie entered the Ocean Medical Center and ran purposefully into the arms of her physical therapist, to the smiles and cheers of staff workers, the girl seemingly unhindered by her arm and leg brace. It was a dress rehearsal of sorts. ...more

December 23, 2008

We were blessed with a beautiful morning in Lake Placid. We held our annual 9-11 remembrance program on Sunday, Sept. 7. The turnout was good, not as great as we would like it to be, but we had a very appreciative audience. ...more

September 13, 2008

A U.S. Army specialist who fled Fort Bragg for Canada after learning his unit was going to be deployed to Iraq was ordered deported Wednesday. ...more

August 14, 2008

A former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and a decorated veteran of the war in Iraq are among the new Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies who were sworn in Friday. ...more

July 12, 2008

TAMPA - A former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and a decorated veteran of the war in Iraq are among the new Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies to be sworn in at 2 p.m. today. ...more

July 11, 2008

At first glance, the son of a Lithia couple looks nothing like what you would expect of an American soldier. He wears long, loose-fitting Arab clothing and a scarf-like head cover, grows facial hair and lives in the California desert in a small Arab village. He stands with Iraqi natives as Arabic calls to prayer can be heard over loudspeakers. ...more

July 9, 2008

Vietnam veteran Frederick A. Taylor Jr. stood at the lectern Wednesday morning, trying his best to convince a group of glassy-eyed high school students that they should register to vote. ...more

November 14, 2007