FOOTBALL Hernando travels to South Sumter for a preseason classic, marking the unofficial debut of Head Coach John Palmer. ...more

August 28, 2008

Vice and narcotics detectives made an interesting find in April when they raided the home of a suspected drug dealer who lived with his parents, both of whom worked at the St. Petersburg Police Department, according to internal affairs documents released today. ...more

August 7, 2008

When Springstead alumnus Robert Panetti launched the Web site Eagle Connections, a little more than a dozen members of his graduating class signed up. ...more

July 30, 2008

New Avon Park head football coach Andy Bonjokian walked into the Red Devil football locker room on the morning of July 15 and found his young coaching career had hit its first speed-bump weeks before kickoff. ...more

July 29, 2008

Ralph Hughes poured millions of dollars of his own money into conservative beliefs, and helped shape the course of county politics by picking candidates he liked and backing them with advice and money. ...more

July 1, 2008

The Rattler Nation has reason to be proud. Florida A&M University survived one of its greatest challenges last week when the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools lifted the probation imposed for serious accounting and management shortcomings. Last Thursday's announcement that SACS was satisfied with FAMUs reforms came as a result of hard work. This great institution had to confront its weaknesses and find ways to overcome them. ...more

June 30, 2008

SEBRING – James K. "Jim" Otterman was appointed the next executive director of Florida's Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative Inc (FHREDI) effective July 1. Otterman began his career selling residential real estate in 1985. Since that time, his career included all aspects of real estate sales, marketing and management. He was selected to instruct real estate courses for South Florida Community College in 1988, which led to the opening of his own real estate school four years later. ...more

June 23, 2008

We are deep now, deep into the season of lofty speech-making, of oratorical reflection and anticipation, of philosophizing that anticipates the moment when tassels will be turned from the side symbolizing near-graduate to alumnus. ...more

June 5, 2008

I have been to dozens of graduation ceremonies in my line of work, but I have never been to one like California State University at Fullerton, 5,000 graduates in two programs: an "exercise" and a commencement. It took about an hour for the whole group, grads and faculty, to parade into place. ...more

May 31, 2008

I have been to dozens of graduation ceremonies in my line of work, but I have never been to one like California State University at Fullerton, 5,000 graduates in two programs: an "exercise" and a commencement. It took about an hour for the whole group, grads and faculty, to parade into place. We left Aliso Viedo at 6:30 a.m. to arrive at California State University by 7:30 a.m. to find a seat for the 8 a.m. program. About 3,000 were already there. The "exercise" started after 9 a.m. and was over about 10:30 a.m. for a half hour break. By the time the commencement started, it was 90 degrees and HOT! About half way through, the first groups receiving their certificates were excused. Our grad, sitting in the first row, discovered about 11:30 a.m. that her group behind her was gone. There was general commotion from then on. We finally escaped the parking lot about 1 p.m. ...more

May 30, 2008