When Pam Krick walked into the first class meeting, she didn't know a whole note from a whole goat. ...more

January 21, 2009

TAMPA -- A Lakeland man is among 16 castaways who will compete on "Survivor: Tocantins: The Brazilian Highlands." The 18th edition of the CBS reality series debuts Feb. 12. Spencer Duhm is a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Florida. ...more

January 14, 2009

Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards indicted in Washington for the 2007 shooting of Iraqi civilians plan to surrender to the FBI in Utah today, a person close to the case said, setting up a fight over the trial site. ...more

December 8, 2008

More than a year after the fatal shootings of 17 Iraqi civilians, five decorated military veterans who were Blackwater Worldwide security guards are headed to court in a case that strained diplomatic ties and raised the level of anti-Americanism in Baghdad. ...more

December 6, 2008

Rules that govern what items of remembrance can adorn gravesites - particularly graves of veterans - may be amended, thanks to an argument over flags around the burial plot of a native son killed in Iraq. ...more

November 15, 2008

Inverness is rich with military veterans who have chosen this area to retire, perhaps hoist a cold brew at the Eugene Quinn VFW Post 4337. ...more

November 12, 2008

Inverness is rich with military veterans who have chosen this area to retire, fish for lunker bass in the Tsala Apopka chain of lakes, or play golf or hoist a cold brew at the Eugene Quinn VFW Post 4337. ...more

November 11, 2008

Ralph Scott, who survived some of World War II's most ferocious battles, died Aug. 4 at age 85. ...more

August 20, 2008

Flags will fly at half-staff Sunday in honor of Marcus Mathes, the Army sergeant from Zephyrhills killed in Baghdad in April. ...more

June 5, 2008

A dance teacher to generations, a well-known drummer, a television meteorologist and a civil rights activist were among those whose lives helped shape and define the Tampa Bay area. ...more

December 31, 2007