BROOKSVILLE - When George Rodriguez walked into Rogers' Christmas House just before noon on Tuesday, three clerks eyed him expectantly from behind the counter.

A man who attempted to rob a Maple Ridge produce store last Christmas was acquitted Friday following a trial in Port Coquitlam Provincial Court.

You could be the lucky winner in the Christmas Cheer Benefit Raffle - first prize is $1,000. Get your ticket at the Cheer office, 331 S. Main. The drawing is between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday at For all Occasions, 3266 S. Church St., Burlington.

Royal Mail's Christmas postal service is anything but first class, an independent survey has found. Around half of all first class mail arrived late during the festive period, according to a study by a consumer watchdog Postwatch Scotland.

A Louisiana House committee has approved a mask ban that forces sex offenders to show their faces, even at Halloween, Mardi Gras, Christmas and other holidays.

BROOKSVILLE -- George Weiland Rogers, the nephew of Rogers’ Christmas House Village founder Margaret Rogers Ghiotto, regained his family’s interest in the business by buying the mortgage for $100 at a public auction Tuesday. Rogers was the only registered bidder...

To stave off a public uproar this year, city workers are letting council members decide whether they want to lease or buy. Leasing for three years should save the city about $3,500, or roughly 10 percent of the total cost.

Surrender and confess. “This is an opportunity for this person to do the right thing,” Robin McKinney said. McKinney, a New Jersey resident, joined her sister, Tiffany Gardner of New York, in Palatka over the weekend for Mother’s Day to seek a bit of closure.

Having been burned with an unpopular $11,750 Christmas tree rental last year, city employees are asking council members early this year whether they want to continue renting a pricey tree - and take advantage of an early-bird discount before June 28 - or forego the holiday tradition in this tree-challenged city.

The remains of two babies found in boxes in a house had lain undiscovered for more than 50 years because they were mistaken for Christmas decorations.