The veteran leader, a big, friendly man, is sitting in a corner of the Rays clubhouse, telling a story, making younger Rays laugh, and maybe teaching them, too. ...more

June 15, 2008

It's almost summer. The pool in my town is open, the kids are itching to get to camp and, more often than not, we're cooking dinner on the grill. ...more

June 15, 2008

This is to the entire spectrum of employers, including Congress, who hire yard work, house work and nannies for their children, and these jobs are given to those who are illegal, guest workers, those on visas and green cards, who when they lose their jobs can return home. ...more

May 29, 2008

To the readers and voters of Highlands County: There has been much attention from politicians and the good ole boys recently, regarding the 33 misplaced items within the sheriff's office. Well, my concern is for the 33 percent of our young veterans coming home, either dead or diseased from Iraq; the billions of dollars misspent, no sufficient armor, no safe drinking water, missing uranium, plutonium, weapons and computers. ...more

May 5, 2008

Multiple new efforts aimed at stemming suicides in the Army are falling short of their goal: The service anticipates another jump in the annual number of soldiers who killed themselves or tried to, including in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones. ...more

February 1, 2008

After five years of planning and 12 years of renting, Berean Academy has moved into its own home. ...more

January 24, 2008

Shanna Rodriguez was so eager to see her husband after his four-month deployment in Qatar she showed up an hour before his flight arrived Friday at Tampa International Airport. ...more

December 8, 2007

TAMPA - Shanna Rodriguez was so eager to see her husband after four months' deployment in Qatar she showed up an hour before his flight arrived Friday at Tampa International Airport. ...more

December 7, 2007

BRANDON - When a 15-year-old Brandon boy confronted his father about the man coming home drunk at 3 a.m., his father struck him in the mouth, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 25, 2007

Regarding "Rays' Pitch For New Ballpark Striking Out With Fans" (Letters, Nov. 17): ...more

November 24, 2007