Money magazine's Web site has named Hernando County as one of the top 25 counties in the nation for job growth during the last eight years. ...more

December 25, 2009

County commissioner calls magazine article 'absurd.' ...more

December 24, 2009

Their lists to Santa included an Easy Bake oven, a football and the Littlest Pet Shop toys. Hammond Elementary second-grader Sophia Biddle helped fulfill the wishes, telling her mother that buying and wrapping the gifts made her feel like one of Santa's elves. Presents piled in 7-year-old Sophia's living room, stacked almost as tall as her, with tags signed "Secret Santa." She had started saving her allowance in October for Christmas gifts for her family, but her plans soon changed to involve seven children she had never met. ...more

December 23, 2009

Karen Price of Tampa recently went to the Walmart Superstore and gave away money to about 100 strangers. ...more

December 23, 2009

Hillsborough County Fire-Rescue Driver Engineer Kelly Hallman teared up recalling a family he and another firefighter visited a decade ago to deliver a sack of goodies from Sincerely Santa. ...more

December 23, 2009

Gifts for the men in your life. ...more

December 21, 2009

In the next five years, the Florida Department of Transportation plans to pour $55 million into Highlands County. ...more

December 21, 2009

Santa's helpers, volunteers from every corner of the county, converged on the Brandon Walmart on Tuesday to fill wish lists. ...more

December 20, 2009

A jaywalking arrest in Las Vegas led to the capture of a shoplifting suspect accused of running over a security officer at a Brandon Walmart, deputies said Saturday. ...more

December 20, 2009

A jaywalking arrest in Las Vegas led to the capture of a shoplifting suspect accused of running over a security officer at a Brandon Walmart, deputies said today. ...more

December 19, 2009