If Santa retires, how do you hire a new one? That's the conundrum in "The Frosty Follies," a holiday musical now playing at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, in Hudson. ...more

December 20, 2008

Chosen from a field of more than 700 entries, Baarney, a Bedlington terrier who belongs to Patricia and Robin Patterson of New Port Richey, is one of 20 canine finalists in USA Today's Marley & Me photo contest. A photo of Baarney decorating a Christmas tree is featured at usatoday.com, where people can vote for their favorite pooches. The winning dogs will be featured in the print edition of USA Today. ...more

December 20, 2008

Because of the holidays, the Hernando County Northwest Waste Management Facility in Brooksville, the East Hernando Transfer Station in Ridge Manor and the West Hernando Transfer Station in Spring Hill will be closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25, and New Year's Day, Jan. 1. ...more

December 19, 2008

Super Bowl Will Use Renewable Power Super Bowl XLIII and the five-day NFL Experience festival will be powered with electricity made from renewable resources in Florida, Tampa Electric Co. said Wednesday. ...more

December 18, 2008

Cypress Gardens patrons with season passes will be admitted free to Silver Springs in Ocala through Dec. 31 – with the exception of Christmas Day, when the Marion County attraction is closed. ...more

December 17, 2008

Tired of listening to "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town?" ...more

December 17, 2008

If Santa retires, how do you hire a new one? That's the conundrum in "The Frosty Follies," a holiday musical now playing at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, in Hudson. ...more

December 17, 2008

A contemporary Christian group from Tampa wrote and recorded a holiday ballad called "Remember" that puts the focus on Christ's birth. Download the song for 99 cents, and a local homeless ministry will benefit. ...more

December 16, 2008

Provided she gets enough volunteers, Kristin Taylor and others with THORN Ministries are planning an effort similar to their Thanksgiving dinner for the poor on Christmas Day. ...more

December 10, 2008

There was food aplenty - but fewer guests than expected to share the feast as volunteers for T.H.O.R.N. Ministries took to the streets, traveling to several locations in Tampa frequented by the homeless to serve Thanksgiving dinner. ...more

December 10, 2008