SEBRING — Savanna Weirick hasn't stopped smiling since this afternoon when she leapt into the arms of her mommy and daddy who came all the way from Iraq to pick her up from day care. Army Sgt. John and Army Spc. Kairee Weirick said the 18 hours on the plane and a couple of hours in a car were definitely worth the chance to be with their 3-year-old daughter. ...more

May 2, 2008

Dads-to-be can get a crash course in fatherhood, with the help of a course offered by the Child Abuse Council. ...more

December 3, 2007

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is committed to helping Martin Lee Anderson's family continue any investigation into the teen's death, according to a statement released by McCollum and family attorney Benjamin Crump today. Anderson, 14, died after being restrained and struck by drill instructors at a Panhandle boot camp while a nurse looked on, occasionally checking his vital signs. The confrontation was captured by a surveillance camera. ...more

November 13, 2007

Several women on the Suncoast remember their days in the Marine Corps, during World War II and the 1950s. ...more

November 10, 2007

Black America has been on the march quite a bit lately. ...more

October 26, 2007

The death of Martin Lee Anderson could have the same galvanizing effect across the country as the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, protesters said Tuesday on the steps of the capital city's federal courthouse. ...more

October 24, 2007

TALLAHASSEE – Outraged by the acquittal of eight former boot camp workers in the death of Martin Lee Anderson at the facility last year, the state NAACP organization plans to march and rally in Tallahassee next week in protest. The Florida State Conference NAACP has announced plans to galvanize thousands to demonstrate against the jury decision at an event organizers are calling ""The Justice for Martin Lee Anderson March and Rally'' at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Tallahassee Federal Courthouse, 111 N. Adams St. ...more

October 18, 2007

No More Boot Camps Regarding 'Acquitted On all Counts' (front page, Oct. 13): ...more

October 16, 2007

Regarding 'Acquitted On all Counts' (front page, Oct. 13): I read with disbelief the headlines that the seven boot camp employees were exonerated of any responsibility in the 14-year-old child's death. Just watching the video makes a case for brutality. If the kid had been a dog, the guards would have been convicted of animal cruelty at the very least. ...more

October 16, 2007

After six days of testimony, prosecutors on Thursday relied on the same piece of evidence they began with: a video of seven drill instructors and a nurse apparently manhandling a youth in a state-run boot camp. ...more

October 12, 2007