Just before Christmas, charitable organizations in the Tampa Bay area found themselves struggling to help the struggling. ...more

January 9, 2009

The County That Stole Christmas Less than a week before Christmas, while riding THE Bus, all the people are whining and throwing a fuss. There's no jobs in Brooksville, no jobs in Spring Hill, no money for a tree or stockings to fill. Bus fare went up, our wages went down, don't have a quarter to get around town. No food for the hungry, no homes for the poor; they don't want to live in Hernando no more. ...more

December 27, 2008

Santa brought just what the nation's ski resorts wanted: the best nationwide snow conditions in several years. ...more

January 6, 2008

The run of fair weather that continued into the middle of the month turned colder and windy a week before Christmas. But there was a good bite ahead of the season's first major cold front. ...more

December 26, 2007

The community's spirit of giving helped a local food bank at just the right time. ...more

December 26, 2007

DENVER - Santa brought just what the nation's ski resorts wanted - the best nationwide snow conditions in several years. ...more

December 24, 2007

It was one week before Christmas, 2002. Ernie Sims Jr., a heavily recruited linebacker from Tallahassee North Florida Christian, was on the telephone. ...more

December 24, 2007

SEBRING – There is not a lot of time left to find that perfect gift for that special somebody and apparently a bunch of Christmas shoppers are in that predicament. As of Dec. 18, just one week before Christmas, about 19 percent of men — and about 14 percent of women — had yet to begin their shopping, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. The survey showed that 16.5 percent of all consumers hadn't started shopping. In Highlands County, some merchants agree with the survey about seeing more shoppers getting a late start, while other store managers don't see it that way. "We're swamped," said Tom Short, manager of Michaels Arts and Crafts at the Shops At Shelby Crossing in Sebring. "They are buying Christmas stuff like it is going out of style." ...more

December 23, 2007

University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt celebrated his 51st birthday Wednesday as the Bulls began preparations for the Sun Bowl. ...more

December 6, 2007