When comic book store owner Dave Luebke heard that after 67 years, the carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, Archie, was proposing to va-va-voomy rich girl Veronica instead of girl-next-door Betty, he decided to protest by selling his copy of the series' rare first issue. ...more

August 15, 2009

Chuck Mulhern had been traveling to developing countries on medical missions for 14 years, where he'd seen more than his share of misery. But the 4-year-old girl in the orthopedic ward of the Hospital del Nino in Lima, Peru, left a lasting impression. He brought her to the states so she could be fitted with a prosthetic arm and lead a relatively normal life. ...more

April 1, 2009

Bradley Thomas was an athletic man who loved the outdoors, but that all changed when the infantry soldier's tank was struck by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Doctors say the explosion left the 23-year-old semi-comatose, so the Texas man was brought to Tampa's James A. Haley V.A. Hospital for treatment. ...more

March 11, 2009

A 38-year-old soldier from Bradenton who had served three previous tours of duty in the Middle East died Sunday in Afghanistan after his unit was ambushed by enemy forces, the Department of Defense said Monday. ...more

September 30, 2008

Regarding "Crisis In Leadership Threatens Support For Lowry Park Zoo" (Our Opinion, Sept. 18): ...more

September 21, 2008

STATISTICS KILLS

September 18, 2008

Tuesday night inside the Mitchell gym was not quite the watershed moment volleyball coach Keith Paulk had hoped for. ...more

September 11, 2008

A 15-year-old Sebring High School boy was in the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice on Friday after sheriff's investigators say he was caught in school with marijuana for distribution and then escaped out of the D.A.R.E. van and was recaptured. ...more

August 30, 2008

TAMPA - A pregnant woman was taken to Tampa General Hospital early this morning after a three-vehicle wreck on U.S. 301 in the Riverview area. ...more

June 24, 2008

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June 9, 2008