Big Brothers Big Sisters has big dreams for local community. ...more

August 25, 2008

Independent Family Businesses Need Support ...more

August 2, 2008

Florida's program to test public school students translates into prestige, money, grade promotion and graduation. ...more

August 1, 2008

I have always wanted to tell the story of the Mid 8 Athletic Conference, to which area black schools, such as Mickens High School in Dade City and Moton High in Brooksville, belonged before integration. ...more

July 17, 2008

It's cut-and-dry and easy at the Avon Park Youth Academy, if you do what you are supposed to do, according to a 17-year-old from Orlando. ...more

July 11, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The downturn in the economy is proving to be a boon for the human resources department at the Pasco County School District. ...more

June 18, 2008

SEBRING — With the Career Academy opening in August at South Florida Community College, the School Board of Highlands County is working to fill its position of coordinator of career and technical education. After serving as the district's career/tech coordinator for about two years, John Rousch has decided to return to his former position in the classroom at Lake Placid High as a drafting/construction technology teacher. The possibility of freezing or not filling the position was discussed, but with the school board's focus on getting the Career Academy started this year it was decided that the position needs to be filled, district Human Resources Director Vivianne Waldron said. The closing date for applications is Monday, June 16. ...more

June 14, 2008

There was a bit of confusion when some locals glanced at the seal on the Central High School diploma and medallion that seniors received for graduation. ...more

June 14, 2008

There was a bit of confusion when some locals glanced at the seal on the Central High School diploma and medallion that seniors received for graduation. ...more

June 13, 2008

A woman who defied medical odds and spent nearly 60 years in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died Wednesday after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing, her family said. ...more

May 29, 2008