The throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge into Virginia, by the Pentagon and to the offices of defense contractors to mark the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. ...more

March 22, 2009

In 1964, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize, Cassius Clay became world heavyweight champion and Tampa Theatre still had a "whites only" admittance policy. ...more

January 28, 2009

Carolina sits alone atop the NFC South, but nobody is talking division title quite yet. ...more

December 9, 2008

The Los Angeles Dodgers made their departure from Vero Beach official, terminating their facility use agreement. ...more

July 13, 2008

Will Hyde Park Village ever move beyond the enigma? More stores and restaurants seem to close than stay open, and high rents prevent the mom-and-pop shops and newsstands from setting foot on such hallowed ground. So when a business sprouts crowds, we take notice. ...more

June 19, 2008

A recent letter to the editor describing some inexcusable acts of disrespect to the flag at the Highlands County Art Festival motivated me to reread a recent book titled "Flags of our Fathers," which was written about the raising of our flag during the battle for Iwo Jima, by five Marines and a sailor –– an event which is memorialized by the Marine Corps Memorial in Washington D.C. Iwo Jima is a small island in the Pacific, whose war time importance was its small airstrip, which the military desired to assist in our air attacks against Japan. The military desired it, the Marines took it, took it with a loss of 6,825 Marines killed. ...more

December 10, 2007

Retired soldier George Goldsmith is so fond of the 600 acres of twisted underbrush and towering pines on this Army training base, he plans to stay here for eternity. ...more

November 11, 2007

Marilyn Roberge went to church 'for the first time in a long time' on Oct. 2, 1977. According to the Rev. A.W. Kitchens, who would preside over her funeral, the mother of two wept when he invited worshippers to renew their faith that day. ...more

October 6, 2007

For some reason, Marilyn Roberge went to church 'for the first time in a long time' on Oct. 2, 1977. According to the Rev. A.W. Kitchens, who would preside over her funeral, the young mother of two wept when he invited worshippers to renew their faith that day. ...more

October 4, 2007

Victims' families huddled under umbrellas Tuesday in a park to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the first remembrance ceremony not held at ground zero, an event that failed to evoke the same emotions as the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center site. ...more

September 12, 2007