The air was chilly as Kim and Tom Hotaling and their 3-month-old son, Joshua, took the first shift as the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph and Jesus in a drive-through Nativity scene called The Road to the Manger at Cornerstone Baptist Church. The Hotalings, who attend The Crossing Church, were invited to participate by their neighbors Caryl and Charles Music, both members of Cornerstone. ...more

December 23, 2009

A local pastor approached the Sebring City Council Tuesday to address what he termed "unfettered crime and violence" in the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Lemon Street area of Washington Heights. ...more

December 17, 2009

Sputtering economy? Budgets on the brink? Bah, humbug! At Bay area churches, the show must go on. As in Christmas pageants. ...more

December 6, 2009

The show will go on, as congregations plan celebrations to keep the focus on the true meaning of the holiday. ...more

December 4, 2009

Hopewell Funeral Home's 21st annual Tree of Remembrance program will be 2:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the funeral home, 6005 State Road 39. ...more

November 29, 2009

To Tom Norton, the father-in-law to Spec. Eric N. Lembke, a soldier killed in Afghanistan Oct. 23, the visitation service at Plant City's First Baptist Church on Friday was sadly reminiscent of his daughter's wedding with Lembke in 2003. ...more

November 7, 2009

Local residents heard of U.S. Army Spec. Eric Lembke's death while serving in Afghanistan, and they were saddened to hear the news. ...more

October 26, 2009

There's a lot you can buy with $1,025: a new wardrobe, a top-of-the-line entertainment system, even a month of eating out. ...more

March 12, 2009

Ray Rouse owns what are quite possibly the ugliest pants in the world. ...more

March 5, 2009

As National Transportation Safety Board investigators continue to sift through the evidence of the crash of a commercial airplane near Buffalo, N.Y., families of two local men killed in the crash will address their losses today. ...more

February 20, 2009