Airman 1st Class Stephen Guerre recently reported for duty at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C. ...more

December 9, 2009

President Obama's decision on Afghanistan was tardy, messy - and courageous. ...more

December 6, 2009

"Going Rogue" I hear Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue" is being released soon. Please, please, please, cover this story - complete with pictures of the people in line at her book signings. ...more

November 16, 2009

Army Cpl. Eddie Moorehead, 26, of Lake Placid, is one of three veterans taking advantage of the Veterans Work-Study Allowance Program, an educational entitlement under the Veterans GI Bill, at the Heartland Workforce. ...more

November 11, 2009

Drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico could harm Florida's economy by interfering with military training and testing in the Gulf and cutting activity at Florida bases, Sen. Bill Nelson told the Tampa Chamber of Commerce on Monday. ...more

November 10, 2009

A Senate committee has approved opening the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling within 10 miles to the Florida Panhandle and within 45 miles off the rest of the state's coastline. ...more

June 9, 2009

When John Silva opened his St. Petersburg variety store about 9 a.m. Sunday, he brought Gertrude with him. ...more

December 7, 2008

The Cory Lake Isles Community Development District board has awarded its landscaping contract to a company not owned by developer Gene Thomason for the first time. ...more

September 19, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering whether to revise the Pentagon's own policy that prevents most oil and gas drilling within military training areas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off of Florida. ...more

August 6, 2008

Air Force Capt. Timothy O'Sullivan tried to gather himself. He had just regained consciousness. There was blood. A soldier was asking whether he was all right. He remembered little, sitting in a decimated British Warrior tank near Basra in southern Iraq. ...more

July 12, 2008