Twenty cadets from the Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Brandon High School joined more than 200 cadets, 26 Army instructors and nine parent chaperones from 13 Hillsborough, Pinellas and Osceola county schools at the second annual JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge Summer Camp June 10 through 14. ...more

July 9, 2008

The weak dollar, high cost of fuel and additional luggage fees may put a damper on summer vacation plans. ...more

June 27, 2008

The June 16 ceremony wasn't intended to be celebratory. Instead, it was a time for two families united by tragedy and loss to come together and reflect as the Brandon High School Alumni Association dedicated two memorial bricks along a memory walk in the courtyard in front of the high school on Victoria Street. ...more

June 21, 2008

Four students earned prize money in the Rotary Club's speech competition April 29 at the Rotary Club of Brandon meeting at Center Place Fine Arts and Civic Association. ...more

June 7, 2008

Boys in plastic chainmail and bejeweled cardboard crowns and girls in long dresses wearing tall, cone-shaped hats with sheer fabric drapes crossed a wooden bridge over a moat full of vinyl alligators. ...more

June 7, 2008

Brandon resident Sarah Holz, who is majoring in religion with a minor concentration in music at Saint Leo University, was selected May 2 to serve as a student trustee on the university's board of trustees during her upcoming junior and senior years. ...more

May 17, 2008

Glen Lee Powell left his mother's house in Brandon armed with his belief that the government and police were interfering with his freedom. ...more

May 8, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Pinellas County deputies shot and killed an armed man this afternoon after he fired at them at the St. Petersburg Courthouse. At 1:10 p.m., a male suspect, identified as Glen Lee Powell of Brandon, came through the courthouse's west entrance, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 7, 2008

Judy Gay wants business owners and residents to wear a path to her door. ...more

February 21, 2008

Last season, the Brandon High softball team went 1-13 in district play and finished the year 2-20 overall. Within the first two weeks of this season, however, the Eagles have doubled their win total and are currently 5-3 overall and 2-1 in Class 5A-District 8 play. ...more

February 21, 2008