Tech. Sgt. Mark Bordwine was setting up for MacDill Air Force Base's annual Air Fest 2008 when a woman walked up to him and handed him a commemorative coin. ...more

June 28, 2008

Saint Leo University held a commencement ceremony last week for about 140 students, mostly working adults and including military personnel serving at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

June 25, 2008

Does anyone still have their lights on? We can no longer support the security of the entire world. "Rich Uncle" is in serious financial trouble. We can no longer finance the bases we have all over the world, many as long as 60 years. The Military Industrial Complex is costing millions of dollars each and every day, millions we no longer have. ...more

June 16, 2008

AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE — Get ready for the pyrotechnics and the loud booms. The Avon Park Air Force Range will host its semiannual training operation next week. Atlantic Strike VII, a large-scale training exercise where bombers and joint ground forces from all over the South simulate urban warfare missions, will train numerous military personnel for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. The training missions require forces to participate in what amounts to a war game with role-playing guerilla fighters, insurgents, sniper fire, roadside explosives and many of the conditions faced by their counterparts supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. ...more

June 11, 2008

About 50 employees of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office are making a difference for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan - one check at a time. ...more

June 7, 2008

The government is suing diversified manufacturer Honeywell International for selling material used in bulletproof vests that it alleges the company knew was defective. ...more

June 6, 2008

Sociologist Charles Moskos, an expert on the attitudes of servicemen and women who helped formulate the "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gay people in the military, has died. ...more

June 4, 2008

Voting activists demanded Thursday that state officials stop one Florida county from experimenting with Internet voting this fall. ...more

May 30, 2008

Our fine Highlands County and Sebring governments decided that displaying the U.S. flag correctly upon Memorial Day was too much trouble for them so they only went half way. ...more

May 29, 2008

Pay respect to our military personnel this Memorial Day. Also over the holiday weekend, gather with friends and family to share good times, fire up the grill or go on an outing. Ideas: Page 2 ...more

May 24, 2008