Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped a former senior defense official to lead a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

November 18, 2009

There's "no way" to explain the mass shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Texas, Eric Shinseki, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said in Tampa on Friday. ...more

November 7, 2009

The number one health care problem in Highlands County isn't the lack of doctors, specialists, dentists or mental health services, it's transportation. ...more

March 13, 2009

Why did Moses spend 40 years wandering in the desert? Because he wouldn't ask for directions. ...more

February 28, 2009

A $3.9 million federal grant has been awarded to provide housing and social services for Hillsborough County's estimated 9,500 homeless people. ...more

February 21, 2009

A $3.9 million federal grant was awarded Thursday to provide housing and social services for Hillsborough County's estimated 9,500 homeless people. ...more

February 20, 2009

The $2.6 billion package of state budget cuts and funding swaps that lawmakers approved on Wednesday includes the following: ...more

January 15, 2009

Hillsborough County children-and-family advocates today outlined 19 priorities for the 2009 Florida legislative session with local legislators, who warned it will be a tough year. ...more

December 5, 2008

A Nebraska lawmaker with an important role in changing the state's safe-haven statute says the Legislature might be asked to do more than put an age limit in the law that has led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children. ...more

November 17, 2008

Marge Brewster Center in Sebring will be losing five employees as part of layoffs announced by Winter Haven Hospital's behavioral health department, which sponsors Marge Brewster. ...more

October 21, 2008