A staff sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base is accused of beating a 4-year-old boy with a belt over bad behavior at school, officials said. ...more

March 18, 2009

PLANT CITY Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Hannon, who is deploying soon for his eighth tour of Iraq, wanted to surprise his wife, Andrea, with the chance to meet her favorite entertainer, Jessica Simpson. ...more

March 12, 2009

Air Force Staff Sgt. Juanita Kinsey was thrilled to see the big men around her. ...more

January 27, 2009

The Tampa Police Department Gladiators edged the Tampa Fire Rescue Firestorm 28-22 in the annual Badge Bowl charity flag football game. ...more

November 22, 2008

Seven-year-old Angelo Cerchione enjoys being a star. The boy, who suffers from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, stood up through a car's sunroof earlier this week at a Tinker Elementary School pep rally in his honor. ...more

November 22, 2008

Saturday, 7-year-old Angelo Cerchione and his family will head to Wharton High School to watch Tampa police officers and firefighters face off in the Badge Bowl, a fundraising flag-football game that each year benefits a child with cancer. This year, Angelo will be the beneficiary. ...more

November 21, 2008

It's hard to believe at first glance that the son of a Riverview couple is smack dab in the middle of the fight against terrorism. ...more

October 1, 2008

The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops' remains after it was revealed that a crematorium contracted by the military handles both human and animal cremations. ...more

May 10, 2008

AVON PARK — Connie Hodge and her kids expected her son Jeffrey Porter II to "fly over" any minute Monday afternoon. At 12:45, Porter's half-brother, Marc Hodge, got a text message from him. "He's in Lake Wales, he's on his way," he shouted from his car as he sat there. Only 15 minutes later, a large, green MH-53/J Pave Low armored helicopter came from the north, swooped down low and circled the family's Pleasant Street home. ...more

May 5, 2008