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Mississippi’s first female to die on the battlefield in 2008 and is honored in 2022 with a sculpture from an artist and former Marine.
This year's Veteran of the Year will be honored with Hattiesburg's past honorees during Veterans Day event Friday.
It’s rather impossible to live in Southwest Florida, with its subtropical climate and stunning natural wonders, and not stop to take a gander at the grandeur.Watch the River of Grass meander. See birds and plants sporting colors bordering on impossible. Explore state and national parks and preserves so plentiful they more often than not share borders. Enjoy beaches and bays and backcountry bayous. In Charlotte, Lee, and Collier, and inland counties environmental wonders are everywhere.
Jacksonville-area artist Scotie Cousins is trying to turn a tide of negativity with brightly colored, fanciful critters to bring cheer to life.
Cliff Leonard. Saturday, he was presented the Veterans of Foreign Wars' Commander-in-Chief Gold Medal of Merit by Hal Roesch, VFW national commander. Only a handful of veterans are chosen each year to receive the award, which is given for exceptional services rendered to the country and community. He also was given a lifetime membership to the VFW. The ceremony took place at VFW Post 7909 on Blanding Boulevard. Leonard was a Marine from 1966 to 1968 and spent 13 months in reconnaissance units in the jungles of Vietnam. After his Marine Corps service and multiple other careers, he b...