Fort McCoy News

Member of the Florida National GuardOs 3153rd Finance detachment stand at attention during a ceremony in St.

Twenty-six members of the Florida National Guard's 3153rd Finance Detachment are honored as they prepare to deploy to Iraq.

It was another e-mail about another animal needing help. Animal rescue groups have been flooded with them since the economy soured, and Animal People Inc.

About two dozen members of the Florida National Guard's 3153rd Finance Department will be honored Monday as they prepare to deploy for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Walter Hunt, 59, of Macclenny was sentenced to three years in state prison by Judge James Nilon this week after pleading guilty to felony drug trafficking and fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs.

Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 3:03 a.m. Dixieland Elementary School has won $5,000 for finding ways to provide breakfast to more children, Polk County School District officials said Wednesday.

Is a felon supervising your child at day care? It's possible: State law requires background checks, but system has serious flaws that risk children's safety NIcholas Bradshaw, right, plays with his older brother, Devin Bradshaw in the front yard of their Fort McCoy home last month.

Gail and Bill Hall look over rabbiteye blueberry plants they sell to customers out of their nursery at B&G Blueberries in Fort McCoy on Sept.

An occasional series featuring stories of military men and women far from home and their loved ones here.

Think your Vette is Menagerie material? Just send a photo of the car, a brief description, and whatever else you'd like to Vette Magazine, c/o 'Glass Menagerie, 9036 Brittany Way, Tampa, FL 33619.

Published: Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. Every August, nearly every child knows the end is near - the end of summer vacation, that is.

STARKE Gov. Charlie Crist today expressed his gratitude to members the Florida National Guard's 631st Maintenance Company for their service as they prepare to deploy for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Tallahassee-based soldiers with the Florida Army National Guard's 779th Engineer Battalion have arrived in Kuwait ahead of their nearly year-long deployment to Iraq.

'Any load, any where. Drive it like you stole it,' shouted the 67 men and women of the Florida Army National Guard 144th Transportation Company of Marianna before being released for lunch during a deployment ceremony Sunday at the Max L. Thomas National Guard Armory in Marianna.

Members of the Florida National Guard's 779th Engineer Battalion are leaving within the next two weeks for Kuwait, where they'll spend a few weeks training ahead of a nearly year-long deployment to Iraq.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:33 p.m. Vernon Chisholm could hardly contain himself Thursday when the Florida Department of Education released school grades.

A 16-year-old boy apparently drowned while swimming with a group of friends in Island Lake in Fort McCoy on Tuesday, according to a Sheriff's Office report.

Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 11:25 p.m. Congress apparently believes it's time to hold the nation's money managers accountable, and North Central Florida lawmakers agree.

Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 11:49 a.m. Here we are in Horse Country.

Superintendent of Schools Jim Yancey announces the following changes regarding new principals at five local elementary and middle schools.