LAKE WALES - The community of Lake Wales said farewell to the 140 members of its National Guard unit today before the company heads out at 7 a.m. Tuesday for a year's deployment in Iraq. ...more

June 16, 2008

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is looking into the arrest of a blind Sebring man who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy, disarmed of his walking stick then Tasered twice and pepper sprayed for not listening while walking along County Road 17 South toward his home. Sheriff's General Counsel Mike Durham said Friday that the sheriff's Internal Affairs Lt. Gus Garcia has been made aware of the incident and the matter has been "entered into the I.A. system." "It needs a further review," Durham said, into use of force as well as the detention of Holland. An administrative review of the situation has been ordered. During the course of the administrative review, it could be determined that an internal investigation could be requested by Garcia into the deputy's actions. ...more

May 23, 2008

The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban spring offensive,military officials said Wednesday. ...more

January 10, 2008

Shanna Rodriguez was so eager to see her husband after his four-month deployment in Qatar she showed up an hour before his flight arrived Friday at Tampa International Airport. ...more

December 8, 2007

TAMPA - Shanna Rodriguez was so eager to see her husband after four months' deployment in Qatar she showed up an hour before his flight arrived Friday at Tampa International Airport. ...more

December 7, 2007

Florida's largest National Guard unit, which includes several companies and batteries from the Tampa Bay area, has been alerted that it is to be deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. ...more

December 4, 2007

LAKELAND - Shawn Newberry, the 18-year-old who had an arsenal of weaponry and was arrested on a school weapon charge, was charged with 26 counts of possession of child pornography today, police said. ...more

November 1, 2007