BROOKSVILLE - Scott Avery would do anything as long as the reward was making someone laugh. ...more

June 1, 2008

SEBRING — In the bleachers, Ruth Mendez waited to hear her daughter's name, Ibelissa Roque. "It's kind of hard to see them become adults," Mendez said. Then "Pomp and Circumstance" started playing, and everyone stood up. Mary Midence and Amy Hart gave the salutatory and valedictory addresses. But an hour earlier, before they stepped across the stage and accepted their diplomas on Saturday morning, the Sebring High School graduates gathered in the fieldhouse at Firemen's Field to receive final instructions. And a few threats. "Turn off your cell phones. Turn off your cell phones!" shouted one administrator. "If your cell phone goes off during the ceremony, you will be removed." "Get in line. Get in line," yelled another woman. ...more

May 31, 2008

JACKSONVILLE – Third-ranked Florida State appeared in good position to make a run to Sunday's title game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament following a victory over Wake Forest in the first round. ...more

May 23, 2008

Getting several hundred high school students to pay attention to someone speaking about brain power can be difficult. ...more

February 24, 2008

TAMPA – As soon as the last pirates stumble away from Bayshore Boulevard, workers and local residents get to work. ...more

January 27, 2008

Alan Jackson, Sugarland and Billy Ray Cyrus are among the musical acts slated to appear at the 2008 Florida Strawberry Festival. ...more

December 7, 2007

A section of stands at a soccer stadium in northeastern Brazil gave way Sunday as fans cheered at the end of a game, killing eight people, police said. ...more

November 26, 2007

Most of the University of Florida's most important recruiting targets for the class of 2006 arrived on campus Nov. 25, 2005, and ran into the biggest salesman they'd ever seen. Carl Johnson, a perpetually smiling, 6-foot-5, 350-pound mountain of a high school senior, had been committed to Florida since the previous summer, and he had a message for his fellow visitors. ...more

November 24, 2007

It took Ridgewood High all of three and a half minutes to return to 2006-07 form during their 64-18 drumming of visiting Mitchell High School. ...more

November 20, 2007

In addition to hitting the hardwood to prepare for the first season of varsity competition, members of the Spoto High School boys basketball team also took to the school's football field. ...more

November 7, 2007