BARTOW - Abner Aust, an 86-year-old retired Air Force colonel and certified fighter ace, will be sentenced on Dec. 4 for a probation violation that could keep him in prison an additional 15 years. The date was set at a hearing today at the Polk County Courthouse by Judge Randall McDonald ...more

October 22, 2007

Treat the Troops was founded on a simple concept: baking cookies. A woman in South Carolina decided a few years ago that troops in Iraq would enjoy batches upon batches of homemade cookies - and she was right. Today, the charity group receives 250 requests per month from military men and women overseas. ...more

October 21, 2007

Harry Gurr has been fixing things the old-fashioned way for decades. 'It's a craft that's disappearing, working with your hands,' he said. ...more

October 8, 2007

This concerns a recent article titled "Republicans Get Ready To Pucker Up." The assertions fall way short of keen accuracy. ...more

October 7, 2007

As official Washington argues over the spiraling price of the war in Iraq, consider this: Outfitting a soldier for battle costs a hundred times more now than it did in World War II. It was $170 then, is about $17,500 now, and could be an estimated $28,000 to $60,000 by the middle of the next decade. ...more

October 3, 2007

Harry Gurr has been fixing things the old-fashioned way for decades. 'It's a craft that's disappearing, working with your hands,' he said. ...more

September 19, 2007

If Gen. David Petraeus has his way, tens of thousands of U.S. troops will be in Iraq for years. ...more

September 11, 2007