The veterans hospital in Tampa is getting a new building for its unit that treats the nation's most seriously wounded warriors. ...more

October 17, 2008

The Music Showcase Junior Showcase Players recently presented "High School Musical" at Music Showcase, 402 Oakfield Drive, Brandon. ...more

August 20, 2008

Almost half of Ivonne Thompson's three-year marriage has been spent at hospitals helping care for her husband, who was seriously wounded in Iraq last year. ...more

August 5, 2008

Anthony Thompson, known as "Doc," received a promotion to petty officer second class while surrounded by members of other services, Navy officers and family. During much of the ceremony, A.J. sat in his lap. ...more

August 4, 2008

Meditation takes a backseat to pure strength in power yoga sessions, says Annie Okerlin, owner of Tampa's Yogani studio. Power yoga is a vigorous high-energy workout that also incorporates yoga's breath-centered approach. ...more

July 25, 2008

TAMPA A combat veteran wounded during his third tour of Iraq was awarded the Purple Heart on Thursday during a ceremony at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital. ...more

July 17, 2008

Tim Grant resigned as Lake Placid High School's head football coach on Friday, three weeks before the start of football camp, and after just one year on the sidelines for Lake Placid. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - Federal judges this week sentenced two people to prison for either stealing from or defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs. The cases of Frank M. Persicano, of St. Petersburg, and Catherine Rodriguez, of Tampa, are unrelated, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...more

June 12, 2008

The James A. Haley VA Hospital & Clinics is the busiest of the nation's 164 Veterans Administration hospitals and the fifth most complex in terms of medical care provided. ...more

June 11, 2008

•Katie Robinson, commander of Veterans Village American Legion Post 343 and the American Legion Service Officer at the New Port Richey VA Outpatient Clinic, received a special award at the Annual Volunteers Award ceremony held by the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. Robinson received the President's Call to Service Award for volunteering 4,369 hours to the clinic. She has visited the clinic once a week since it opened in 1985. Robinson also has four veterans in local nursing homes for which she tries to help with their veteran benefits. ...more

May 10, 2008