This afternoon, Gabriel, 16, was wheeled into an auditorium at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Tampa, where he is recovering from being stabbed while trying to save his mother, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 28, 2008

The Hillsborough County School District will sponsor the Summer Food Service Program June 23 through July 25 at schools with extended school year programs, and June 9 through August 8 at schools offering other programs. ...more

June 4, 2008

A mix of emotions was evident over the weekend as parents, guardians, family members and friends gathered for one of the most significant events in a young person's life – graduating from high school. Joy, relief, sadness, excitement were no doubt felt among the approximately 700 seniors in Highlands County's three public high schools during graduation ceremonies. The county's private schools, Walker Memorial Academy and Heartland Christian School, held their ceremonies last month. ...more

May 31, 2008

SEBRING — The Children's Advocacy Center could be doubling in size in the next 18 months. Jeff Roth, director of the center, announced plans for the 8,300-square-foot, $1.2 million expansion at Wednesday's Children Ser-vices Council meeting. The space, which would be added to the rear of the existing building, would allow the Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem to move their operations in the building. Roth said the centralization of services not only leads better communication between the agencies but also the economy of time due to central record keeping. ...more

May 29, 2008

As custom, we offer our projected plan for 2008 for TAD. TAD stands for "The American Dream." We are committed to the proposition that all Pasco County children may some day seize the opportunity to achieve the great American dream. ...more

February 15, 2008

The conventional wisdom has it that so-called helicopter parents are annoying their children by hovering over their every move as they apply to college. It turns out, though, that most freshmen are happy with how involved mom and dad were during their college search. ...more

January 24, 2008

Hours after a 70-vehicle accident on Interstate 4 Jan. 9, Chamberlain High School students and staff members streamed into the school auditorium to give blood. ...more

January 14, 2008

FOREST HILLS A previously scheduled blood drive at Chamberlain High School turned into an impromptu outpouring of help for accident victims on Wednesday. ...more

January 9, 2008

Schools are custodians of our children, so any precaution they take to keep our kids safe is a welcome gesture. Take for example new dismissal procedures at Park Elementary School. Starting next year, parents or guardians who pick up the school's students are required to have a card in the dashboard that has the names of the children they will be picking up. ...more

December 27, 2007

SEBRING — Often, kids who enter the Highlands County Courthouse are more afraid of the front lobby than they are of actually going inside a courtroom. With this in mind, bailiffs at the courthouse have been celebrating the holidays by handing out stuffed animals to kids. After going through the building's metal detector and letting their items pass through an X-ray machine, children are allowed to choose a toy amongst a group of stuffed animals sitting underneath a Christmas tree. "It's been pretty successful," said bailiff William Dilling. "We had a little girl come in a few days ago who was afraid to go through the metal detector, but we were able to convince her that she'd get a (stuffed animal) out of it." ...more

December 24, 2007