Gerard Abbett of Brandon remembers well the weapons and gear stocked at a Vietnam-era command post set up in Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday. ...more

February 1, 2009

For the second year in a row, a group of military aficionados – many veterans of the service, if not combat – set up a special display at the park at 3602 N. U.S. Highway 301 to commemorate the 1968 Tet Offensive, a military victory turned public-relations debacle. ...more

January 31, 2009

Knights Elementary School staged its annual tribute to the armed services at its 10th annual veterans breakfast program. ...more

November 19, 2008

The new season of the Richey Community Orchestra will swing into gear with a tribute to two trend-setting female trios that set the musical pace in earlier times. ...more

November 12, 2008

About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. ...more

July 24, 2008

About 2 million Americans get a raise today as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. ...more

July 24, 2008

As an Army surgeon in the Middle East, Keith Rose watched a colleague bleed to death when a truck in his convoy was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade. ...more

December 26, 2007