Ceremonies across the state Monday honored those who died while serving in the military. ...more

May 26, 2009

The Florida National Cemetery will hold its Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday. The event is sponsored by the cemetery's Joint Veterans Committee and will feature guest speaker Thomas G. Bowman, senior adviser with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Sunshine Health Network. Randy Price, of WQYK, (99.5 FM), will be master of ceremonies. ...more

May 23, 2009

Their deaths had never been honored formally until Wednesday. Port Tampa Police Town Marshal Joseph Walker, who was killed Sept. 25, 1915, and West Tampa police Officer Juan Nales, who was killed July 18, 1920, were among those memorialized outside Tampa police headquarters during the annual ceremony that pays tribute to officers killed in the line of duty. ...more

May 7, 2009

SARASOTA COUNTY - Beneath cloudless skies, a group of about 50 people gathered Friday morning at the still very new Sarasota National Cemetery on State Road 72 to mark the first 11 interments of area veterans and three of their spouses. ...more

January 10, 2009

Dec. 7, 1941 was a day not easily forgotten as more than four dozen county county residents gathered Sunday for Pearl Harbor Remembrance at the Medal of Honor Park. ...more

December 8, 2008

Russian warships sailed into port in Venezuela on Tuesday in a show of strength as Moscow seeks to counter U.S. influence in Latin America. ...more

November 26, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- The sacrifice of two Pasco soldiers killed in Iraq will not soon be forgotten. A ceremony today dedicated the inscription of the names of Pfc. Patrick Joseph "PJ" Miller and Sgt. Marcus Mathes onto the Pasco Veterans Memorial in New Port Richey. ...more

July 22, 2008

Pasco County commissioners Tuesday will salute two Pasco County soldiers killed in Iraq. The ceremony is at 11:45 a.m. at the West Pasco Government Center, 7530 Little Road. The board will honor, with resolutions, Army Pfc. Patrick Joseph "PJ" Miller, who was from New Port Richey, and Army Sgt. Marcus Mathes, who hailed from Zephyrhills. They died from combat injuries on March 29 and April 28, respectively. The soldiers' names, which have been added to the veterans' memorial at the government center, will be unveiled after the ceremony. VFW Post 10167 of Holiday will present the colors and retired Army Maj. Gen. Richard Griffitts will read the resolutions and present them to family members. The ceremony will conclude with a 21-gun salute and the playing of taps. ...more

July 21, 2008

County commissioners Tuesday will salute two Pasco County soldiers killed in Iraq. ...more

July 19, 2008

As gigs go in this troubled economy, it's not so bad being a profoundly unpopular lame-duck president. ...more

June 22, 2008