Fermin Montes de Oca and Helen Reid Toomey started their lives about a thousand miles apart, grew up in different cultures and spent their careers working in dissimilar fields. ...more

December 24, 2008

A concerned stepdaughter, sympathetic restaurateurs and a good friend have joined forces to make sure New Port Richey resident Kay Beal, 81, gets her Christmas dinner. ...more

December 24, 2008

The IPrayTV network is providing a live video stream of the square at the Church of the Nativity beginning Christmas Eve. The stream will include a two-hour service that will be taped and replayed throughout Christmas Day. ...more

December 23, 2008

Alex Cook loves to imagine 800 children pedaling Christmas morning on bicycles his customers, family and friends helped buy. ...more

December 21, 2008

Nazdar, Prajeme Vam Pozehnane i Vesele Viandce. Narodil sa Kristus Pan. ...more

December 21, 2008

Alex Cook loves to imagine 800 children pedaling Christmas morning on bicycles his customers, family and friends helped buy. ...more

December 20, 2008

Chosen from a field of more than 700 entries, Baarney, a Bedlington terrier who belongs to Patricia and Robin Patterson of New Port Richey, is one of 20 canine finalists in USA Today's Marley & Me photo contest. A photo of Baarney decorating a Christmas tree is featured at usatoday.com, where people can vote for their favorite pooches. The winning dogs will be featured in the print edition of USA Today. ...more

December 20, 2008

If Santa retires, how do you hire a new one? That's the conundrum in "The Frosty Follies," a holiday musical now playing at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, in Hudson. ...more

December 20, 2008

Because of the holidays, the Hernando County Northwest Waste Management Facility in Brooksville, the East Hernando Transfer Station in Ridge Manor and the West Hernando Transfer Station in Spring Hill will be closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25, and New Year's Day, Jan. 1. ...more

December 19, 2008

Super Bowl Will Use Renewable Power Super Bowl XLIII and the five-day NFL Experience festival will be powered with electricity made from renewable resources in Florida, Tampa Electric Co. said Wednesday. ...more

December 18, 2008