After hundreds of veterans' claims documents were found recently in paper bins, waiting to be shredded, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs is considering widespread changes to its policies to better protect VA records. ...more

November 4, 2008

PLANT CITY Patriotic speeches by local youth will highlight the 23rd annual Veterans Day program by Hopewell Funeral Home. ...more

October 21, 2008

Veterans Protest Council Leader Veterans packed City Hall on Monday to protest one of their own, City Council President Luis Lopez. ...more

October 19, 2008

Veterans packed City Hall on Monday to protest one of their own, City Council President Luis Lopez. ...more

October 15, 2008

Paying for higher education is an increasing challenge for parents as tuition and college costs keep rising. But a local veterans organization is doing its part to help. ...more

September 3, 2008

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6287 invites middle school students in grades six through eight to enter its annual Patriot's Pen Essay Competition. ...more

September 3, 2008

Mark Herbert had spent the better part of the last 12 hours cooking 300 pounds of hog meat. ...more

September 2, 2008

John McCain told fellow veterans Monday that Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred last year when opposing the military increase there. ...more

August 19, 2008

John McCain on Sunday was briefed on Tropical Storm Fay, which scuttled a political fundraiser and is threatening to reach Florida as soon as today. ...more

August 18, 2008

Ruskin is pulling together for one of its own, a teenage girl severely beaten and unable to walk, breathe or swallow on her own. ...more

August 12, 2008