SEBRING — The school district received 52 completed applications from students who want to take pre–International Baccalaureate (I.B.) courses next school year. ...more

May 3, 2008

SEBRING — About 250 area eighth graders heard some cold, hard facts about teen pregnancy prevention. With an emphasis on statistics and first-person accounts, seminar leaders painted an unappealing picture of a teen parent. ...more

May 2, 2008

Things certainly didn't go Brandon's way when the championship finals of the state wrestling tournament began Saturday night at The Lakeland Center. But when everything was done, the Eagles were still exiting the building with the piece of hardware they'd come to claim. ...more

February 17, 2008

Although Pasco's Vidal Jimenez made it to the fifth/sixth-place round, he could not finish the tournament after trainers diagnosed him with a staph infection in his left leg. ...more

February 17, 2008

Brandon has not mathematically clinched the Class 2A state wrestling title, but one thing is for certain: The Eagles, eyeing their eighth consecutive team state title and 19th overall, control their own destiny in tonight's championship finals. ...more

February 16, 2008

A Keystone mother took her appeal to the Hillsborough County School Board last week, asking members not to split her son from his lifelong friends. ...more

February 13, 2008

A Keystone mother took her appeal to the Hillsborough County School Board last week, asking members not to split her son from his lifelong friends. ...more

February 13, 2008

Jesuit's Ben Reid and Chris Kavouklis, along with Tampa Christian's Rossi Bruno, each won titles in their respective weight classes at the Class 1A-Region 3 wrestling championships at Golden Gate High on Saturday night. ...more

February 10, 2008

Terrace Community Middle School students broke apart a colorful giant ribbon to reveal their personal puzzle pieces that made up the large memorial. ...more

February 9, 2008

SEBRING — For about one-fifth of the students in Highlands County, next week is the start of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The FCAT Writing Plus test will be administered to fourth-, eighth- and 10th- graders starting Tuesday. Testing will continue on Wednesday followed by two make-up testing days – Thursday and Friday (Feb. 15). Hill-Gustat Middle School eighth-grader Laura Tenneson is calm and confident about the FCAT. ...more

February 8, 2008