The community said goodbye to two soldiers, opened its first new high school since 1995, broke ground for a veterans' monument and saw the city manager announce his retirement in 2009. ...more

December 30, 2009

Military members with Plant City area ties who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq since hostilities commenced include, in alphabetical order: ...more

November 11, 2009

The American Legion, Sons of Legion and Auxiliary Post 139 have been sending CARE boxes to U.S. troops overseas for more than four years. Recently they heard from Army Sgt. Michael Genetti who, along with his team, had received the packages for several months. ...more

August 26, 2009

Family and friends gathered July 17 at the home of Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason J. Fabrizi in Colorado Springs, Colo., to console his widow, Kristine Kool, who is expecting the couple's second child in October. ...more

July 29, 2009

Army Sgt. Samuel Valdez has been missing since he fell overboard in a Feb. 22 training exercise, but he will never be forgotten, friends, family members and fellow soldiers say. ...more

July 20, 2009

The upcoming dedication of Sgt. Smith Middle School will feature a patriotic theme to match its name. ...more

March 25, 2009

The percussion of the congas and timbales put a swing in Maria De Souza's arms and hips. ...more

March 1, 2009

The percussion of the congas and timbales put a swing in Maria De Souza's arms and hips. ...more

February 28, 2009

Families of fallen soldiers continue suffering the loss of their loved ones long after the echo of the rifle shot, mortar shell or bomb has faded. ...more

November 5, 2008

7:48 a.m.: U.S. Army Sgt. Crosby Lee, 24, had two issues at the booth today at the Jan Platt Regional Library in South Tampa. He didn't bring anything with a signature on it to vote, so he had to vote provisionally, he says. And when they looked him up in the voter records, his address came back incorrectly. ...more

November 4, 2008