Deputies are looking for suspects who killed three men in the backyard of a Brandon home around midnight Monday. ...more

December 29, 2009

Church Street Christmas, a Dade City tradition that began 31 years ago, will continue this year for three evenings beginning Monday, Dec. 21. "Church Street Christmas" will be held on Dec. 21-23 from 6 to 9 p.m. along historic Church Avenue in Dade City. ...more

December 20, 2009

She got the call from the hospital while standing in line for a food box from Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

December 19, 2009

Hundreds of handwritten prayer request cards are posted on the walls of Metropolitan Ministries' makeshift chapels across the Bay area. ...more

December 17, 2009

Whether you like to whittle, are creative or are a chip off the old block, the 12th annual Highlands Wood Carvers Show, starting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Sebring Civic Center, could be fun. ...more

February 27, 2009

The normally sedate upscale neighborhood of Barrington Oaks East off Lumsden Road in Brandon begins to resemble Interstate 275 at rush hour as Christmas draws near. ...more

December 24, 2008

They'll all be there - the shepherds, sheep and goats, angels, three kings, Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and a donkey - at a live Nativity scene portrayed by the youth group of the Ruskin United Methodist Church on Saturday. Two programs will take place, at 6 and 7:15 p.m., on the church grounds, 105 Fourth Ave. N.W. ...more

December 17, 2008

In the inmates-are-running-the-asylum department, too many cases are popping up to ignore them. Here are a few modest examples: ...more

December 14, 2008

(AP) -- When they light the town Christmas tree in Armonk on Sunday, there will be a Jewish menorah right alongside, as usual. There will also be something new this year - an Islamic crescent and star. ...more

December 13, 2008

The ox and lamb won't keep time, but Mary will arrive by donkey, and sheep and a llama will be on hand to bear witness as Atonement Lutheran Church lifts the curtain on its live nativity scene. ...more

December 10, 2008