Flags may fade but memories of friends and mentors do not. The memories of his own high school buddy still fresh, Army Staff Sgt. Phil Cuthbertson walked up to a Florida rancher on California Street recently and offered a still-vibrant flag that had flown in Iraq to the mother of his late friend. ...more

September 5, 2008

Heartland Idol organizer Dina Walker is expecting the fifth annual singing competition to be bigger and better. ...more

August 18, 2008

The Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Red Cross has more than 2,000 volunteers it can call on in times of disaster. But it faces a challenge: 60 percent of those volunteers are retirees, joining at an older age. ...more

August 14, 2008

A month after he moved to Plant City, new Raiders football coach Jason Strunk had yet to be joined by his wife and son. ...more

August 13, 2008

Regarding "Deputies Told To curb Fuel Use" (Metro, July 4): If Hillsborough County Sheriff Gee is putting nonviolent crimes on the back burner, he should expect an increase in violent response. ...more

July 8, 2008

A coalition of residents who oppose the site the county has selected to store material dredged from the bottom of the channel here wants more time to file for a hearing with the state. ...more

July 3, 2008

THEY SEEK 60 DAYS ...more

July 2, 2008

Carlos Delgado and the New York Mets kept piling up hits, delaying their trip home for the second half of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. They didn't seem to mind spending a little extra time in the Bronx. ...more

June 28, 2008

I recently returned from an airline trip. Upon check-in, I was told there is a $20 charge for the first bag checked. That bag was a small duffel bag that I had to check because of a prescribed cream medication I take for a skin condition. ...more

June 6, 2008

Yankees catcher Jorge Posada expects to play four or five games in extended spring training as he continues to rehabilitate his injured throwing shoulder. ...more

May 26, 2008