If I were a holiday, I wouldn't want to be Thanksgiving, sandwiched between Halloween - the prelude to festivities - and New Year's Eve, the grand finale to it all. Christmas has the starring role, naturally, and as soon as the curtain opens on November, Christmas preparation is the only act in town. ...more

November 25, 2009

It galled her to do it, but Texan Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, Billy Gene Dillon, please confess, she wrote. ...more

November 9, 2009

Oak Hill Hospital isn't discriminating any longer. Thursday's annual Celebration of Life for breast cancer survivors is not just open to the hospital's patients. All survivors are invited. ...more

October 23, 2009

When the concept for this weekend's Tampa Twice tournament was conceived - staging an elite college volleyball tournament as a prelude to the NCAA Volleyball Final Four's visit to Tampa in December - South Florida coach Claire Lessinger said she hoped it would become a showcase for the sport. ...more

September 11, 2009

Tickets are available for the "Star-Spangled Spectacular," a concert featuring The Mostly Pops Orchestra with special guests John and Mary K. Wilson. ...more

June 28, 2009

Dale Earnhardt Jr. hadn't even climbed out of his car after winning last year's Budweiser Shootout, and his fans were already counting his future championships. ...more

February 7, 2009

Tournament host Nature Coast routs Hudson in its quarterfinal match-up, 66-29, to set much anticipated semifinal versus Gulf. ...more

February 4, 2009

There's no question schools today have access to a much wider array of tools and resources to enhance the educational experience than were available in previous generations. Last week, a previous generation proved to be the greatest resource of all for teachers and students at Hudson High School working on a unit about the Great Depression and the prelude to World War II. ...more

February 4, 2009

Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said it will allow some borrowers to rent their homes after losing them to foreclosure. ...more

January 31, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama stepped onto a train car built in 1939, a time when his presidency would not have been possible in America, and set off for Washington on Saturday in a three-day prelude to his inauguration as the country's 44th president. ...more

January 18, 2009