NEW PORT RICHEY - A 13-year-old student at Schwettman Educational Center was charged with battery Friday after being accused of punching a teacher, New Port Richey police said. ...more

September 27, 2008

The price of gas varied widely in Highlands County Sunday afternoon. Where you pulled over to fill the tank showed just how much effect Tropical Storm Ike and the oil companies had on your pocketbook. ...more

September 15, 2008

The price of gas varied widely in Highlands County Sunday afternoon. Where you pulled over to fill the tank showed just how much effect Tropical Storm Ike and the oil companies had on your pocketbook. The sign towering above the Citgo station at U.S. 98 and U.S. 27 listed unleaded gasoline for sale at almost $4.80 cents a gallon, while just a couple of miles away, the Citgo and Stop 'n Shop Food Stores, at U.S. 27 and Golfview Road, cost less than $3.70 a gallon. ...more

September 14, 2008

From man-on-the-street interviews on the eve of the seventh anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, most people applauded the government's response and said they feel the country is safer now. ...more

September 11, 2008

Authorities are searching for a sex offender who cut off his GPS monitor and left his home on Painters Street in the beginning of June. ...more

June 20, 2008

A former University of South Florida student has agreed to plead guilty to a charge he provided support to terrorists when he posted an Internet video showing how to detonate a bomb with a remote-controlled toy, according to a plea agreement entered in the case Friday. ...more

June 14, 2008

Four students earned scholarships from the community theater group Pelican Players to study their favorite art forms at their choice of colleges - Cassandra Holbrook and Courtney Driggers of East Bay High School and Angelica Corbett and Alexander Eugene Crenshaw of Riverview High School. ...more

June 4, 2008

Under the sponsorship of the Plant City Photo Archives, area young professionals have formed the Bailey-Eastman Group in support of the archives' mission to preserve the history and heritage of the community. ...more

September 6, 2007