Terry Martinez first decked the halls of his home 34 years ago. "I always said that when I got my own house, I would decorate all of it for Christmas," Martinez said. "Even in that first year, people started walking around my yard." ...more

December 30, 2009

Some were too large. Others were unruly. Some were just unwanted. Owners of exotic pets streamed to a location near Busch Gardens on Saturday, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission amnesty day. ...more

November 10, 2009

A baby False Water Cobra, native to South America, is now at a Pinellas County wildlife refuge after UPS found the creature Thursday afternoon in a plain, unmarked box at its Pinellas Park transfer facility. ...more

October 31, 2009

John Agan was doubly unlucky Tuesday - he was bitten by not one but two snakes. ...more

October 28, 2009

John Agan was doubly unlucky today – he got bit by not one but two venomous snakes. ...more

October 27, 2009

One of our most distinguished contributors to the Hernando Today letters to the editor posed a most significant question today, asking, "Why do Elected Officials refuse to listen to us?" ...more

October 24, 2009

Michael McAdams shot and killed his estranged wife and her boyfriend, then buried their bodies in a remote area of western Hernando County, Pasco County Sheriff Bob White announced Friday. ...more

October 24, 2009

It's pretty difficult for a 23-foot, 130-pound python to hide. ...more

February 3, 2009

A 16-year-old girl was mauled by a cougar - but survived - when a neighbor saved her from the animal's cage at a northwest Miami home. ...more

November 16, 2008

6:35 a.m.:It's a half-hour before the polls open, and the line outside of Precinct 701 at the Palmetto Club in Fishhawk Ranch stretches more than a block. ...more

November 4, 2008