Eventually, Susan Sardiello's eyesight will be lost. She has been told by doctors the blood vessels behind her retinas are rapidly deteriorating and will cause total blindness. It could happen in a week or maybe in a year. It is a medical certainty she will lose it all. ...more

January 3, 2009

Granddaughter returns home from Iraq to spend time with grandmother, who is nearly blind. ...more

January 2, 2009

I was blessed as a young man when I decided to join the Marine Corps. ...more

October 18, 2008

Room by room, a two-story, century-old brick boardinghouse at 1301 E. Columbus Ave. is outfitted with community donations designed to make homeless female veterans feel at home. ...more

October 7, 2008

Tampa Crossroads celebrated its new transitional housing program for homeless women veterans today with a tour of its 100-year-old boarding house facility and a ceremony honoring women who served their country. ...more

October 6, 2008

When James Leon Linville graduated from Brandon High School on June 2, he was not the first member of his family to launch out of the Brandon High School Eagles' Nest. He was the fourth. ...more

July 16, 2008

Cadet Robert Rawls of Plant City High School was named distinguished honor graduate of the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge Summer Camp held this month near Lake Wales. ...more

June 24, 2008

After a two-year investigation into the killings of up to 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, the Marine Corps has decided that none of the Marines involved in the incident will be charged with murder. Instead, two enlisted Marines and two Marine officers will face trial in coming months for the killings and for failing to investigate them. ...more

January 4, 2008

After 90 minutes of calisthenics and climbing - upside down and fist over fist - across a rope bridge, Alexandra Munoz gathered her student battalion in a Hillsborough High classroom and reviewed practice. ...more

September 23, 2007