Ernest and Rose Flanagan always left home at 5 a.m. when they traveled, and they apparently held to that routine Christmas morning as they started on a two-day journey to visit a relative in Ohio. ...more

December 27, 2008

The accident happened when Kerri Criney, 20, of Tampa was driving eastbound on State Road 60, about 4 miles east of County Road 630 in Polk County. She lost control of her 2000 Isuzu, which went into the westbound lane and collided with a 1987 Mazda driven by 31-year-old Shawn Caruso of Seminole. ...more

December 26, 2008

Ernest and Rose Flanagan always left home at 5 a.m. when they traveled, and they apparently held to that routine Christmas morning as they started on a two-day journey to visit a relative in Ohio. At 10 minutes after 5 – when the Flanagans were roughly 10 miles from their New Port Richey home -- a car going the wrong way on State Road 54 in Pasco County crashed head-on into the Flanagans' 2006 Cadillac, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Ernest Flanagan, 77, was killed. Rose Flanagan, 86, suffered broken wrists and ankles, along with other injuries. She was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in serious condition Thursday. Her condition Friday wasn't available. "It's sad this happened on Christmas Day," said Ernest Flanagan's son Donald, who lives in Willoughby, Ohio. The driver of the other car, Donald P. Holes, 52, of Jacksonville, died at the scene. ...more

December 26, 2008

Hundreds of struggling families from across the Bay area came together at Metropolitan Ministries to have a hot meal on Christmas Day. ...more

December 26, 2008

Hundreds of struggling families from around the Bay Area came together at Metropolitan Ministries to have a hot meal on this Christmas Day. ...more

December 25, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Twenty-four mentally challenged people will have to find a new place to stay after a sprinkler system flooded their rooms on Christmas Day ...more

December 25, 2008

While most Highlands County residents are busy this Christmas morning opening presents or getting ready to go to grandmother's house, some are heading to work - if they're not already there. ...more

December 25, 2008

It's funny, isn't it, that of the four people at Lakeshore Mall, asked about their most special Christmas memory, each involved a holiday with a mother, a father or a child. ...more

December 25, 2008

Hernando County residents should wake up today to temperatures near 81. It might be a bit cloudy, but maybe the sun will peek out at intervals. ...more

December 25, 2008

From malls to discount stores, procrastinating holiday shoppers are everywhere today, trying to find those last-minute presents. ...more

December 24, 2008