CLEARWATER, Fla. — In a record-breaking year, the Salvation Army in Clearwater helped to coordinate and provide Christmas gifts to 2,241 local children. The agency's director of social services, ...

Florida rang in the New Year under an Arctic chill — and the cold delivered one of the Sunshine State’s strangest spectacles: iguanas falling from the sky. A sharp cold snap sent temperatures plunging ...

If you garden in a colder climate, you know that compromises are part of the game. So, finding a tree that grows fast, thrives in the cold, and still offers splendid colors might seem like an ...

Reading “Brenda's Beaver Needs A Barber” aloud turns innocent words into pure comedy gold. Sweeping ICE arrests in blow to California Shah's 50-year prediction for future of Iran resurfaces amid ...

Got mittens? It may be too hot this Christmas in Central Texas to wear them, but you can still donate them. The Georgetown Police Department has a tree in the city's public safety building decorated ...

Your noble fir — or maybe you went for a blue spruce, or a Douglas fir — has done its festive service. Your tree can find a new purpose as wood chips or compost, according to King County. But how do ...

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Columbus residents can place their undecorated Christmas trees on the curb for regular trash or yard-waste collection. Several local facilities will accept Christmas trees to be turned into mulch.

Louisville residents can recycle their tree at several drop-off sites around the county once the decorations come down. Residents normally serviced by private waste haulers should check with those ...

Christmas is over, but the remnants – stacks of cardboard boxes, bags of sparkly wrapping paper and maybe one or two broken ornaments – remain. Though it's easy to toss these items into the garbage, ...