GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Ray Markham. ...more

January 30, 2008

John Susor was a certified colorful character. He looked like Ernest Hemingway; he married nine times; and he was known for carrying a gun in Mahuffer's, the ramshackle Gulf Boulevard bar that was his business and home for 35 years. ...more

January 16, 2008

AVON PARK — Sharon Buckler was waiting for her husband Wednesday morning at the Sebring VA Outreach Clinic. "The doctors here are fantastic," said Buckler, whose husband, Vietnam veteran James Buckler, was in with Dr. Andres Cordoba. "The service is great. The nurses are friendly." A year ago, a Washington Post investigation of Walter Reed Army Hospital showed peeling paint, holes in the bathrooms, mouse droppings, dead cockroaches, stained carpets and cheap mattresses. Decades ago, deservedly or not, some Veteran's Administration hospitals had terrible reputations. A quick tour of the Sebring VA Outreach Clinic showed no such problems. ...more

January 10, 2008

Many organizations and business helped others during the holiday season by bringing gifts, food, money and warm wishes. ...more

January 5, 2008

Show Some Real Support Well, Veterans Day has come and gone and our congressmen and senators have crawled out of the woodwork and from under their rocks to proclaim how much they appreciate our military, our veterans and our military retirees. ...more

November 13, 2007

It was a day to show the colors, to honor the sacrifice. ...more

November 13, 2007

With Veterans Day approaching, it's a good time to review important new initiatives under way here in the Tampa Bay area and in the nation's capital to honor our veterans and support our troops. ...more

November 10, 2007