To those who are so offended by the expression, "happy holidays": Why are you so terrbly afraid? Christmas is alive and well in the USA. ...more

December 23, 2009

Students at Bishop Larkin Catholic School relieved the stress of midterm exams by heading out to the ocean - an aquatic paradise conveniently located in science class. ...more

December 20, 2009

Embryo debate All the back and forth about the value of human embryos versus human life can be settled with one question: If you were in a burning building with 1,000 frozen embryos and one human child and could save either the 1,000 embryos or the child, which would it be? Case closed. ...more

December 19, 2009

This Thanksgiving time coming up can be the same old get together time, or you can show your loved ones and friends that your prayer over the "vittles" is more than lip-service. ...more

November 22, 2009

Christmas Is No Threat The letter you printed Dec. 25, "Christmas Defended," by Emily Harper was a satirical letter whose purpose was to make the "conservative Christians" feel bad about wanting to keep the tradition of saying "Merry Christmas" alive in this world. ...more

December 28, 2008

A Panama City woman says she was fired from a job booking vacation rentals after she refused to greet callers with "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." ...more

December 23, 2008

The mood was delightful inside the cafeteria of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point for the annual holiday gift basket distribution last week. ...more

December 19, 2008

"God bless you, have a wonderful day," Shaina Mock tells the woman leaving Wal-Mart who dropped a donation in one of her red Salvation Army kettles. ...more

December 19, 2008

Fewer Donations Due To Economy ...more

December 18, 2008

The weather outside was frightful on a cold, rain-swept Friday morning. But the mood was so delightful inside the cafeteria of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point for the annual holiday gift basket distribution. Some 77 needy families in West Pasco will have happy holidays as a result, the Rev. Jack Long, the pastor at the hospital, emphasized. ...more

December 17, 2008