Former Air Force Officer A.J. D'Amario questions the foreign policy goals for President Barack Obama. ...more

February 18, 2009

Joe Peters discovered resources he never knew were available. He also ran into a couple men who served in his same squadron more than 50 years ago. ...more

February 1, 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

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

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December 30, 2008

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

December 6, 2008

At the annual flag-raising and Veterans' Recognition Ceremony on Nov. 10 at Brandon High School, cadets in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps honored their relatives and Brandon dignitaries who have served the country in war. ...more

December 3, 2008

President George W. Bush has granted pardons to 14 individuals - including a Jacksonville woman convicted of bank embezzlement - and commuted the prison sentences of two others convicted of misdeeds including drug offenses, tax evasion, wildlife violations and bank embezzlement. ...more

November 25, 2008