Katie Tobin to remember husband on Memorial Day - KSDK
26 May 2012, 12:11 am
She will be spending Memorial Day weekend in Chicago where she will receive a Gold Star banner and participate in the Memorial Day Parade.

Gay-Straight Alliance at local high school is new campaign issue - Examiner
25 May 2012, 3:00 pm
The Ocala Star Banner reported on the lawsuit which seeks to gain the youth group’s approval from Yancey, and recover legal fees. Gay-Straight Alliance is a national network that is organized for “empowering youth activists to fight homophobia and ...

After-hours emergency clinic for pets to open in July - TMCnet
24 May 2012, 2:54 pm
May 23, 2012 (Ocala Star-Banner - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- When a family pet is sick or badly injured and vets have closed their clinics' doors for the night or for the weekend, there's little a frantic animal owner can do.

Memorial Day: He lost son, found strength for others - Orange County Register
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
The memory of Army PFC Joel Brattain is kept alive by his stepmother Elaine and father Gary Brattain in their Brea home which displays the Gold Star banner signifying a family member died in service. On Memorial Day they will be at the Yorba ...

A Blue Star Mother's Wish - Patch
23 May 2012, 1:19 am
If you do remember, or have perhaps seen one around town, do you know what it means? It is called the Blue Star Banner, and it means that a member of that family is off serving in war, an idea patented in 1917 by Army Capt. Robert L. Queissner. 

Florida softball team suspends trio - ESPN
19 May 2012, 9:12 pm
Dunellon High School and the father of Sami and Kasey -- told the Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner Friday night that the three had been dismissed from the program because of an altercation and already were receiving offers from other schools.

Fontana Marine honored - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
19 May 2012, 9:02 am
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - American flags, placed underneath a military blue star banner on Milliken Avenue, honor the memory of Fontana resident Lance Cpl. John Pruitt. Pruitt's body was identified April 20 by police officers in North Carolina after ...

Man impersonates officer, then leads cops on chase - Miami Herald
16 May 2012, 5:23 am
The Ocala Star-Banner ( http://bit.ly/KwgSY0) reports deputies tried to box the truck in, but Clifton rammed several patrol cars. Valdez shot two of his tires. Deputies had to break the truck's windows to get Clifton out.

Report: U.S. Rep. Webster no Census fan - Orlando Sentinel (blog)
15 May 2012, 9:42 am
An interesting piece from the Ocala Star-Banner explores the recent effort by U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, to end a national survey that’s part of the Census, a poll that several business and right-leaning folks really like.

Stearns explains vote to cut social programs, spare Pentagon - Gainesville Sun
11 May 2012, 11:56 am
“Surely, this is an agency that should share in cost reductions, especially with its large amount of waste, fraud and abuse,” Stearns said. Contact Bill Thompson at 352-867-4117 or at bill.thompson@starbanner.com.