The community said goodbye to two soldiers, opened its first new high school since 1995, broke ground for a veterans' monument and saw the city manager announce his retirement in 2009. ...more

December 30, 2009

A military panel found that a Marine officer displayed substandard performance in his response to the deaths of 24 Iraqis but said he should maintain his rank. ...more

December 12, 2009

A mix of military, family, friends and patriotic motorcycle riders gathered at Plant City's First Baptist Church on Saturday to honor and mourn the loss of Army Spc. Eric Lembke, who was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb Oct. 23. ...more

November 8, 2009

Salah al Jbory is in no mood to celebrate. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called on his countrymen to revel today to mark the ostensible departure of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities by the end of the month. ...more

June 29, 2009

Michael Fradera won't buckle to a challenge. Even after losing both legs after a roadside bomb exploded while he served in Baghdad, Fradera has embraced his love for athletics and competition. ...more

March 11, 2009

Michael Fradera lost both legs when a roadside bomb exploded in Iraq in August 2007. ...more

March 6, 2009

"I cried, when I got off the phone; I don't think I've ever sobbed like I did at that moment." It has been less than a week since 36-year-old Heather Ashby received the tragic news that her partner of 11 years was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. ...more

March 4, 2009

A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier in Baghdad's Shiite slum of Sadr City on Sunday while an Iraqi died when a bicycle-riding suicide bomber blew himself up amid a mass rally against Israel's airstrikes on Gaza. ...more

December 28, 2008

Gordie Larkin was in mid-sentence when the moment got to him. A detective with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Larkin was speaking at a Dade City Rotary Club meeting, where members of the sheriff's SWAT team were receiving a public service award named after him. ...more

December 15, 2008

Gordie Larkin was in mid-sentence when the moment got to him. A detective with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Larkin was speaking at a Dade City Rotary Club meeting, where members of the sheriff's SWAT team were receiving a public service award named after him. ...more

December 10, 2008