A graduate of the University of South Florida will become Virginia Commonwealth University's fifth president. ...more

February 21, 2009

President Bush granted prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal immigration. ...more

January 19, 2009

Spring Hill man is grateful for every pain-free step he takes. ...more

July 12, 2008

The year was a busy one for Plant City. It was a year of losses and triumphs, of celebration and sacrifice. ...more

December 29, 2007

Rene Valenzuela was 9 when he started his first business. His grandmother would help him pack his tacos in a cooler so he could sell them at the local produce market. ...more

December 29, 2007

Some 30 men and women in casual garb and sunglasses gathered on a large swath of manicured lawn in Sun City Center one recent morning. The daily rounds of lawn bowling were about to begin. ...more

December 5, 2007

Wrenita Codrington doesn't listen to the news much anymore. She can't bear it, especially hearing about so many troops killed in action this year. ...more

November 8, 2007

The news this week that 2007 became the deadliest year for U.S. troops in Iraq was brought home Wednesday with a solemn ceremony for two local U.S. Army sergeants who died half of a world away two months ago. Hillsborough County Commissioners honored Sgt. Cory Clark of Plant City who was killed on Aug. 28 in Afghanistan and Sgt. 1st Class David A. Heringes of Tampa who died a day later in Iraq. ...more

November 7, 2007

PLANT CITY - Hundreds of people are expected to line the streets Saturday when fallen Army Sgt. Cory Clark is laid to rest. ...more

September 6, 2007