As children, players pined for gifts under the Christmas tree, hoping Santa would heed their wish list. ...more

December 25, 2009

A Tampa mother watched the Nov. 6 massacre at Fort Hood unfold with a particular horror. Her daughter was stationed at the base. Today, the soldier, 26-year-old Dianeya Nodarse, surprised her mother with a homecoming at Tampa International Airport. ...more

December 21, 2009

If a novice wants someone to show them how to sew, their first choice might not be a man who is an ex-soldier, a retired Philadelphia policeman and a former employee with the Pasco County property appraiser. However, since that man happens to be Pasco County resident Jim Dennison, it would be a good choice. ...more

December 18, 2009

The dog that mauled a toddler to death Saturday night immediately was euthanized after being turned over to Pasco County Animal Services, manager Denise Hilton said. ...more

December 15, 2009

The dog that mauled to death a toddler Saturday night was immediately euthanized after being turned over to Pasco County Animal Services, said Manager Denise Hilton. Twenty-month-old Dallas Lee Walters was killed by a relative's Rottweiler-Labrador mix during a birthday party at his great-aunt's house at 9615 Jerome Drive in Moon Lake. ...more

December 14, 2009

The Christmas season is when I reach out to all the people who have been special in my life. Whether by writing Christmas cards, sending e-mail greetings, or sharing hugs, I'm always reminded of how blessed I am to have my wonderful friends. Henry Adams said, "One true friendship in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible." If true friendship is that rare, just what makes people "friends?" ...more

December 13, 2009

In the Dec. 4 edition of Hernando Today, under Dr. Maglio's column, which personally I love to read, there was a cartoon of tumbleweeds and the empty store fronts. ...more

December 5, 2009

I have a silver tea and coffee service that belonged to my grandmother. On the bottom it is stamped "Ascot Sheffield Design, Reproduction by Community." What is the estimated value? ...more

November 8, 2009

The father of a 3-year-old allegedly molested by a family friend may get a harsher penalty than the alleged offender police say he and a neighbor severely beat. ...more

October 26, 2009

The Bay area grandmother accused of shooting and killing her granddaughter's estranged husband is on her way back to her home state of Illinois. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Web site, Shirley Skinner left the Pinellas County jail at 7:55 this morning. ...more

October 7, 2009