It was two hours of moving patriotic songs, speeches and soliloquies during The Patriots Club of Sun City Center's first annual "A Tribute to the Heroes and Victims of Sept. 11, 2001" ceremony. Held from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 11 at Freedom Towers, about 200 guests attended the ceremony, highlighted by speeches from retired U.S. Army Col. Luther Lloyd of Odessa; Florida state Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Brandon; Hillsborough County Commissioner Al Higginbotham; and Patriots Club President Uta Kuhn. A letter of regret from U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus was read by the Master of Ceremonies, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gordon Bassett, commander of the Sun City Center Military Order of the World Wars. ...more

September 23, 2009

Military officials and local dignitaries dedicated the new Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert Joint Intelligence Operations Center at MacDill Air Force Base this week. ...more

August 29, 2009

Gen. David Petraeus, commander of Tampa-based U.S. Central Command, will speak at the city's Sept. 11 commemoration and grand opening of Heroes Plaza in Cotanchobee/Fort Brooke Park. ...more

August 23, 2009

Congressional officials say President Barack Obama has told lawmakers he plans to pull troops out of Iraq by August 2010. ...more

February 26, 2009

From a Food Network chef to a pilot who landed a crippled jetliner on a river to a CBS stagehand, celebrity sightings were as plentiful as first downs at Sunday night's Super Bowl. ...more

February 2, 2009

There were plenty of culinary delights to enjoy all over the stadium. ...more

February 1, 2009

Women in the military was the subject of a recent meeting of the General Federation of Women's Club's Sun City Center Woman's Club. Active and retired military at the gathering were recognized and thanked for serving their country. ...more

January 21, 2009

Nineteen months after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the war in Iraq "lost" and just nine months after Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserted the war has been a "failure" because it had not brought political change leading to reconciliation, it can now be said conclusively that both were wrong. ...more

November 27, 2008

"Tell me how this ends," Army Gen. David Petraeus once asked a reporter. At the time, the U.S. military effort in Iraq was mired in futility. Today, he has his answer. The Iraqi Cabinet has approved a proposed security agreement that calls for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops by the end of 2011. Most Americans would say it's about time. ...more

November 24, 2008

Save for a few relatives, probably no one at the commemoration ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base this morning really knew Lt. Michael Monsoor or Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Murphy. ...more

November 17, 2008