Talk of the town Talk about a tumultuous town hall meeting. The debate over national health care reform turned ugly Aug. 6 when fire marshals closed the doors on an Ybor City meeting because the crowd was getting too large. There was shouting, shoving and fighting inside and outside. One man even had his shirt torn in the fracas. ...more

December 31, 2009

There must be parents whose years of raising teenagers to adulthood are perfectly pleasant and without problems. And then there are the rest, perhaps most, who find the experience quite trying and filled with trouble. ...more

December 28, 2009

Sebring Middle School students took a walk on the final day of the semester Friday to raise money for the Relay for Life cancer awareness/cure effort. ...more

December 19, 2009

Kids Community College FishHawk has been awarded accreditation by the National Accreditation Commission for early care and education programs. ...more

December 9, 2009

Students honored •Tarpon Springs Middle School students Nathen Allston, Gabrielle Arnold, Courtney Fagan, Cathleen Cernkovic, Fan Fei, Thomas Foley, Costas Garoufalidis, George Gerakios, Brandon Green, Nikhil Granghi, Maria Haralambis, Carol Anne Haslam, Alexandria Holliday, Nicole Horn, Zaydi Javeed, Ashley Johnson, JamiAnne Joslin, Evagelia Kapetanopoulos, Jessica Klein, Sara Landis, Daphne Lepretre, Sheridan Lester, Daniel Lueck, Autumn Marhefka, Tristan Mattox, Isabel Mor, Clay Morgan, Mohamed Nuh, Maria Pantelis, Douglas Perkins, William Pisano, Hannah Rahman, Jenna Rugel, Yoon Young Ryu, Sofia Schimpff, Deborah Schutz, Sarah Smith, Andrew Stancil, Ashlyn TenBieg, Austin Treichel, Abigail van Hoof, Samuel Warnock, Erin Westacott and Allysa Young were inducted to the 2009-2010 National Junior Honor Society during a recent ceremony. To be inducted into the NJHS, students must show good citizenship, service, leadership, scholarship, and character. Also, members must maintain a high grade-point average and participate in service to the school as well as to the community. ...more

November 28, 2009

Sixth-grader Megan McBride's hair was yellow, her bow was red and her sweater was green, colors perfectly reflected in Suriname's flag. ...more

November 25, 2009

Sixth-grader Megan McBride's hair was yellow, her bow was red and her sweater was green, colors perfectly reflected in Suriname's flag. ...more

November 25, 2009

The Tarpon Springs Area Historical Society is marking the centennial of the building that is its home. ...more

November 14, 2009

It started with an 8-year-old boy in Afghanistan who turned down a candy bar in favor of a pencil and an American serviceman who wanted to do more. ...more

November 12, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's deputies and New Port Richey police are trying to determine whether six cases of a man exposing his genitals in public are connected. ...more

November 11, 2009