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Showing posts with label St. Petersburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Petersburg. Show all posts
Saturday, November 19, 2016

Blind Veteran Takes Aim in Shooting Competition--Hits Target

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St. Petersburg Blind Veteran Competing in Shooting Competition ABC News Nicole Grigg Nov 18, 2016 “No matter how bad it gets, you can a...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Marine Laid To Rest Three Months After Being Left to Die

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St. Petersburg Marine given proper burial, 3 months after death WFLA News 8 By Jamel Lanee' Published: June 23, 2016 ST. PETERSBURG,...
Saturday, June 4, 2016

Blind Veteran Marine Helps Give Other Veterans A New VIsion

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Wounded warrior shares story in new motivational book Bay News 9 By Cait McVey, Reporter June 03, 2016 Retired Marine Michael Jernigan ...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

St. Petersburg VA 41,900 mail packages with unprocessed veterans' claims

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You've heard the expression " the more things change , the more they stay the same" and this is yet one more of those times. T...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Matthew DeRemer Killed New Years was "As Selfless As Possible"

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Veteran Matthew DeRemer Killed Hours After Hopeful New Year's Facebook Message NBC News by Jon Schuppe January 4, 2016 They'd b...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

St. Pete Medal of Honor Veteran Says Patriotism Lives in Florida

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Medal of Honor recipient recalls the ‘battle’  Tampa Bay News By BOB McCLURE March 25, 2015 “I look at it as honoring the men and women...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

VA Changed Appointment Wait Times in House VA Committee Chairman's Home State

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While members Congress wants to blame the head of the VA, no matter who it is or when, they never seem to be able to apologize to veterans f...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Fort Stewart soldier killed on Florida beach, daughter in critical condition

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Man killed in beach plane crash was veteran, family man Bay 9 News July 28, 2014 Sgt. 1st Class Ommy Irizarry, 36, and his daughter, ...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Florida Army veteran of 20 years killed by robbers

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Veteran dead after confronting car thieves WTSP Sarah Hagen May 12, 2014 St. Petersburg, Florida -- A veteran who served 20 years in th...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Tampa Tribune gets VA to honor claim of disabled Green Beret

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Veterans wage years-long fight with VA for benefits By HOWARD ALTMAN The Tampa Tribune Published: March 17, 2013 TAMPA As a Green Bere...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

Rescuing veterans from the abyss

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Rescuing veterans from the abyss Tampa Bay Times By Waveney Ann Moore Times Staff Writer September 29, 2012 Anthony Sperduto, 53, ...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

St. Petersburg Woodworkers give veterans proper burials

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Woodworkers give veterans proper burials By Danny Valentine Tampa Bay Times via The Associated Press Posted : Sunday Sep 2, 2012 ST. P...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Iraq veteran killed by exploding scuba tank

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St. Petersburg man killed by exploding scuba tank an Iraq veteran By RACHEL PLEASANT | The Tampa Tribune Published: September 11, 2011 Up...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

WWII veteran's Tampa panhandling stirs offers of help

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WWII veteran's Tampa panhandling stirs offers of help By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer In Print: Tuesday, January 11, 2011...
Monday, August 2, 2010

Oviedo church devastated with loss of father and three sons

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From left, Nathan McConnell, Roy McConnell, Kelly McConnell and Roy McConnell III (Facebook) "He was not a Christian when he started co...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Africanized bees hamper St. Pete firefighters

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Bees hamper St. Pete firefighters 40,000 Africanized bees, electrified fence hamper St. Pete firefighters Stephanie Hayes, Times Staff Wr...
Saturday, November 1, 2008

VA hopes new shredding guidelines protect claims seekers

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VA hopes new shredding guidelines protect claims seekers By William R. Levesque, Times staff writer In print: Saturday, November 1, 2008 The...
Thursday, October 9, 2008

Nine injured in last night's fatal hit-and-run in St. Petersburg

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October 09, 2008 Nine injured in last night's fatal hit-and-run ST. PETERSBURG -- Police this morning gave a fuller account of last nigh...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Jamie Dolan survived being shot

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Claims and denials Jamie Dolan survived being shot. And the new house reduced his struggle. He has learned to live in darkness, but he stru...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Pinellas Park murder-suicide victims identified

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September 24, 2008 Pinellas Park murder-suicide victims identified PINELLAS PARK -- The people killed in an apparent murder-suicide were ide...