A Christmas night fire that destroyed a mobile home on Seminole Boulevard is being investigated as a possible arson. ...more

December 27, 2009

One of the two men charged in the highly publicized shooting at Boyett's Grove accepted a sentence of 25 years in prison. ...more

December 24, 2009

I have never before been one-legged. I have never thought of being one-legged, but I am today, which probably makes me the only one-legged sports editor any of you have ever known, and I am proud to be that. ...more

November 26, 2009

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An attorney for an Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack at Fort Hood says his client will likely plead not guilty and may pursue an insanity defense at his military trial. ...more

November 23, 2009

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Mourners were asked to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, and an Army chaplain exhorted his congregation today to draw together even if the gunman's motives may never be fully known. ...more

November 8, 2009

As the nation grieved for the 13 people killed in Thursday's attack at Fort Hood, there was a glimmer of encouragement Saturday as some of the people wounded in the shooting were able to leave one hospital near the Army base. ...more

November 8, 2009

Esther Orreno, 87, said she wasn't scared when she fought a pygmy rattlesnake with her cane earlier this week and squeezed it to death with her right hand. ...more

August 14, 2009

A Walt Disney World performer has died, four days after being injured in a Magic Kingdom show. ...more

August 12, 2009

I have just finished reading a letter (Beware Socialized Care, Letters, March 9) regarding an opinion on our healthcare system in Canada, and I take offense. I am a Canadian, as is my husband, and we have had quality care by the Canadian health system for more than 60 years. Between us we have had an appendectomy, gall bladder surgery, achilles tendon repair, eye surgery, two knee replacements, bowel surgery with five days in intensive care, ankle surgery and numerous other ailments not requiring hospital care. All occasions were handled promptly and excellently. ...more

March 10, 2009

A spokesman for Ed McMahon says the television personality is in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital. ...more

February 27, 2009