Civilian Mounted Patrol was seen regularly during the bulk of the Christmas shopping season. ...more

December 22, 2009

So you think you've had a busy few days? Consider Jacqui Urbuteit's schedule since last Thursday: ...more

December 22, 2009

Bringing a merry Christmas to children in need was the object of two special projects in Pasco schools last week. ...more

December 19, 2009

Attention shoppers: As you check through the advertising inserts to look for deals and ideas to finish your Christmas shopping, Gulf View Square has a promotion running today, Saturday, guaranteed to be the right color, right size and suitable for every taste. ...more

December 19, 2009

Attention shoppers: As you check through the advertising inserts to look for deals and ideas to finish your Christmas shopping, Gulf View Square has a promotion running today guaranteed to be the right color, right size and suitable for every taste. ...more

December 19, 2009

It was the timing that made it so unlikely. On a cloudy, breezy weekday in the middle of December, the idea of a political rally of any kind seemed out of place, especially at a park on the north edge of Plant City. ...more

December 18, 2009

Attention shoppers: As you check through the advertising inserts to look for deals and ideas to finish your Christmas shopping, Gulf View Square has a promotion running today, Saturday, guaranteed to be the right color, right size and suitable for every taste. Free money. ...more

December 16, 2009

Christmas shopping is not fun anymore. I used to love it. We'd make our lists and at 9 a.m. or 2 p.m. or some other decent hour (not 4 a.m.) we'd get bundled up in coats and boots and mittens, drive downtown (no, not to the mall), and walk from store to store along snow-covered sidewalks. We'd buy gifts until we couldn't possibly carry any more, then we'd meet back at the car to stow them in the trunk and head out to buy some more. ...more

November 29, 2009

The flocks of eager shoppers flooding through the front doors before the crack of dawn is a sight best suited for the big box stores. ...more

November 27, 2009

When Debra Schriber wants to buy Christmas toys for her two grandchildren, she makes the one-hour drive from Okeechobee to the Kmart store in Lakeshore Mall, selects what she wants and puts them on layaway with the store. ...more

November 20, 2009