A soldier from Plant City who survived a 15-month tour in Iraq was lost overboard and presumed dead while on a tugboat doing a training mission off North Carolina. ...more

February 25, 2009

A soldier from Plant City stationed out of Fort Eustis, Va., is missing and presumed dead after he reportedly fell overboard Sunday during an Army exercise off the North Carolina coast. A 40-hour search by the Coast Guard was suspended. ...more

February 24, 2009

Miracle Johnson weighed about a pound when she was born prematurely, and it took nurturing and nursing to get her to where she needed to be in life, said Alvin Mitchell, a family member. ...more

December 25, 2008

A 10-year-old girl died Tuesday afternoon after an 11-year-old boy visiting her Fort Meade home for Christmas shot her with a gun found in the bedroom, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

December 24, 2008

Retired Circuit Judge Vincent E. Giglio died Nov. 20. A prayer service will be at 7:30 tonight at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 5225 N. Himes Ave. Visitation will be at the church from 6 to 9 p.m. ...more

November 24, 2008

The past few days have been a nightmare for Natalie Giambarberee, and none of it feels real, she said. Alicia Chomic, her best friend for 10 years, was a happy person who went to the beach and shopping with her and always helped lift her spirits. But on Friday morning, the body of Chomic, 23, was found in a bedroom with the bodies of Chomic's sons, Anthony Michael Lietz Jr., 15 months; Damian Michael Lietz, 2; and Thomas Anthony Goldsmith Jr., 4. ...more

November 3, 2008

Joshua M. Kuck was passionate about riding bikes and worked to found the University of South Florida's cycling team. ...more

October 23, 2007

Just when you think everyone's out to get the other guy or out for himself, along comes National Thank You Day. And the stories pour forth. ...more

September 23, 2007