The writer of Feedback "Columnist blinded by fear" may without question be all that she said she and her family are, obviously she was not in the military. ...more

February 20, 2010

Fire Chief Stephen Moreno resigned Tuesday morning, a little more than two weeks after the city placed him on administrative leave with pay in the wake of allegations he came to a fire scene under the influence of alcohol. ...more

February 10, 2010

In the wake of Fire Chief Stephen Moreno being placed on administrative leave with pay, local firefighters are assuring everyone they are ready for any emergency. Division Chief Rick Butcher said Monday the public should be confident and know that the department is operating smoothly and firefighters are ready for any emergency. ...more

January 26, 2010

The grinding urban battle unfolding in the densely populated Gaza Strip is a war of new tactics, quick adaptation and lethal tricks. ...more

January 12, 2009

Villagers who fled fighting in this rebel-held town trickled home Thursday to find bodies of more than a dozen men in civilian clothes. They accused rebel leader Laurent Nkunda's forces of the slayings. ...more

November 7, 2008

Memorial Day has come and gone... ...more

May 28, 2008

This was not what you wanted to see from the Bucs two Sundays before the playoffs begin. ...more

December 24, 2007

Just outside the security gate, Mom locks one arm around Dad and dabs a moist eye with a tissue. With poinsettias blazing along the terminal corridors, this Christmas reunion scene at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport might well be lost to anonymity. ...more

December 24, 2007

SEBRING — With songs, a poem and words of appreciation, Fred Wild Elementary School students honored and thanked our U.S. military veterans. Theresa Whidden's first-grade class recited a poem Friday that was composed by Whidden, which said in part: "On Veterans Day, we would like to say. With pride-filled hearts, thank you to the veterans who have done their part to keep us safe, to keep us free. Without their courage life as we know it might not be." World War II U.S. Army veteran, retired Cmdr. Sgt. Maj. Harold Linville told the students after Germany's defeat, he was going to be moved from the European theater to the war effort against Japan. But before his deployment, the United States dropped atomic bombs on two cities in Japan ending the war. ...more

November 10, 2007

Attorneys weeded through more than 50 potential jurors Monday before settling on 12 jurors and one alternate to weigh the evidence in Phillup Alan Partin's murder trial. ...more

October 2, 2007