The Chicago Cubs tied the National League record for most players on an All-Star team when Carlos Marmol was selected Sunday to replace teammate Kerry Wood, becoming the eighth player picked for the team. ...more

July 14, 2008

One Nation Under God The name of the article is enough to make many skim right over to the next story. Or maybe you will stop and read it, just to disagree with everything I say. Whatever category you fall into, we are, "One Nation Under God." ...more

July 8, 2008

Items of interest from Monday's Plant City Commission meeting include: •The meeting began with a moment of silence in memory of strawberry grower Roy Parke, who died June 5. ...more

June 14, 2008

BRANDON It was a high-school football jamboree, but it was more than that. You knew it as players from Brandon, Bloomingdale, Riverview and East Bay lined up until they made a square on Brandon's football field. You knew it by the silence. It was for a kid who never gave up, a kid who will never grow up. ...more

May 23, 2008

Hillsborough County firefighter Brian Muldowney's oldest brother and cousin were killed in the World Trade Center attacks. On Friday, he joined 500 others at Legends Field to see a touring exhibit of a planned memorial and museum to honor those killed on Sept. 11, 2001. ...more

December 15, 2007

A few dozen graying Pearl Harbor survivors observed a moment of silence Friday in honor of their comrades who perished in the Japanese bombing of Oahu 66 years ago. ...more

December 8, 2007

A memorial service is planned to honor the life of Mark Holland. ...more

November 26, 2007

First, a moment of silence for the loss of fantasy football's top scorer, Ronnie Brown, who will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury ... ...more

October 26, 2007

The widow of Army Sgt. Cory Clark broke down in tears Wednesday morning as flags were lowered to half-staff in honor of her husband, who was killed Aug. 28 by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. ...more

October 18, 2007

PLANT CITY The widow of Army Sgt. Cory Clark broke down in tears this morning as flags were lowered to half staff in honor of her husband, who was killed Aug. 28 by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. In a brief ceremony outside city hall, Mayor Rick Lott presented Monica Clark with a proclamation signed by Gov. Charlie Crist and called on the community to "wrap their arms around this family" in their time of grief. ...more

October 17, 2007