The communities located in the six-square-mile area just west of the University of South Florida's Tampa campus once represented gross crime, blight, decay and poverty. Last week, with more than 1,300 people in attendance, the 3,000-member USF Area Community Civic Association, Inc. (USFACCA) commemorated its 20th year of success by honoring 35 of its "unsung heroes." Today, their accomplishments stand as a case study of leadership, community organization and cooperation. ...more

October 22, 2009

If the first day of spring wasn't cause enough to celebrate, students at Cimino Elementary School were given two more reasons to rejoice. ...more

March 29, 2009

A group of Philip Shore Elementary Magnet School students are learning about writing and acting. But they also are learning about people and history. ...more

March 18, 2009

A group of Philip Shore Elementary Magnet School students are learning about writing and acting. But they also are learning about people and history. ...more

March 18, 2009

The Hillsborough County School Board has made the following principal changes: Denny Oest, the principal at Lennard High School, was named the district's general director of secondary education. ...more

December 10, 2008

Lockhart Elementary Magnet School's Odyssey of the Mind team will compete in the 29th Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at the University of Maryland from May 31 through June 3. ...more

May 21, 2008

The fifth annual Black Heritage Festival paid tribute to the family of a fallen soldier. ...more

February 23, 2008

The gymnasium at Armwood High School was transformed into a kinetic playground, where scores of energized youngsters and their robotic minions deployed satellite solar panels, erected windmills on desert power farms and airlifted hulking barrels of oil from a rig in the middle of the ocean. ...more

January 19, 2008

The gymnasium at Armwood High School was transformed into a kinetic playground, where scores of energized youngsters and their robotic minions deployed satellite solar panels, erected windmills on desert power farms and airlifted hulking barrels of oil from a rig in the middle of the ocean. ...more

January 17, 2008

Many of the 2,500 children at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center on Tuesday had trouble describing their take on the hourlong concert given in their honor to celebrate the season. ...more

November 28, 2007