Last summer's spike in aviation fuel prices led to the highest average U.S. air fare in 13 years at $362 during the third quarter of 2008, a federal report states. ...more

January 30, 2009

Three men accused of bilking their senior customers for unnecessary air conditioning repairs were diverted into a supervised release program on Thursday. ...more

January 30, 2009

VOLLEYBALL With a new daughter in the fold and her husband set for deployment, family concerns lead Lady Leopard Head Coach Cristi Charlow to step down after three seasons at the post. ...more

January 28, 2009

Tampa-based CAE USA, which manufactures aviation simulators and creates modeling technologies, has won $40 million in U.S. Army, Navy, Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. contracts. ...more

January 23, 2009

Brittney J. Kelly has been promoted to the rank of airman first class in the U.S. Air Force. ...more

January 17, 2009

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January 9, 2009

The Brandon Service League's 16th annual Holiday Home Tour was a big success, said Candy Jackson, first vice president of the league and former tour chairwoman. Hundreds of men, women and children visited the ornamented houses, owned by Valrico residents Scott and Chris Etherington and Dave and Monica Cox and Lithia residents John and Ellen Matheson. ...more

January 7, 2009

I should have felt triumphant when I returned from Iraq in August 2006. Instead, I was worried and exhausted. ...more

December 6, 2008

Although residents and staff at Avon Park Youth Academy forgo many daily pleasures, Thanksgiving celebrations still go on from behind razor-sharp fencing. ...more

November 20, 2008

"You Are Not Forgotten," by Evelyn Grubb and Carol Jose (Vandamere Press, $27.95) ...more

November 9, 2008