So it's finally time to put 2008 to rest. This was not an easy year by any stretch of the imagination. The economy is limping into 2009 barely hanging on; many people have lost their jobs; area businesses have folded; foreclosures are coming in record numbers. ...more

December 31, 2008

In the dark days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, America needed a hero. ...more

December 23, 2008

In these dark and gloomy times, it's easy to get discouraged by the tsunami of bad news. ...more

November 22, 2008

Settling For Mediocrity Today it will be 232 years since our forefathers declared independence from England and began what we now call America. ...more

July 4, 2008

Jack Lucas, who at 14 lied his way into military service during World War II and became the youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, died Thursday in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital. He was 80. ...more

June 6, 2008

Forty-four Apollo Beach Elementary School students recently learned that giving to others was also a gift to themselves. ...more

December 22, 2007

On Sept. 15, 1950, at the Battle of Inchon, 24-year-old Marine Lt. Baldomero Lopez led his men over a sea wall near Seoul, South Korea. ...more

November 7, 2007

CITRUS PARK - On Sept. 15, 1950, at the Battle of Inchon, 24-year-old Marine Lt. Baldomero Lopez led his men over a seawall near Seoul, South Korea. ...more

November 6, 2007

Time was when a societal reference to 'green' mainly meant hard-core, environmental activism. It conjured up the Sierra Club, pricey solar panels and visceral opposition to the pave-over-paradise crowd. And it connoted trade-offs: What's the economic downside to tree-hugging naivete? ...more

October 24, 2007