A recently opened student-run branch of Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union is giving Mitchell High School students a chance to develop workplace skills and to learn how to manage their finances. ...more

November 23, 2008

Earlier this year, six students of Ingram's Pro Karate Center scored top honors at July's Amateur Athletic Union national competition. Now two of those athletes, representing the AAU/USA Karate team, are poised to compete in the 2008 World Karate Council Junior World Championships, scheduled Oct. 21-27 in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. ...more

October 4, 2008

Two local athletes will make their world championship debuts Oct. 24 when they travel to Novi Mesto, Slovenia, and take on other top juniors from dojos around the globe. ...more

October 4, 2008

A former substitute teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student could face a jury before the end of the year. ...more

September 19, 2008

A former substitute teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student could face a jury by the end of the year. Pasco Circuit Judge Thane Covert today set the trial of Lisa Robyn Marinelli on a charge of unlawful sex with a minor for Dec. 1. ...more

September 18, 2008

A student at Mitchell High School reported Thursday morning that a man he didn't know offered to give him a ride to school, the school's principal said in a letter to parents. ...more

August 22, 2008

A student at Mitchell High School reported Thursday morning that a man he didn't know offered to give him a ride to school, the school's principal said in a letter to parents. The man reportedly told the boy, "Your mom said you missed the bus, hop in and I'll give you a ride," Principal Ric Mellin wrote in the letter. The student refused the ride and the incident was reported to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Mellin wrote. The incident happened on Swamp Rose Lane in the Thousand Oaks East subdivision. Mellin wrote that the sheriff's office described the man as white, clean-shaven and wearing a baseball cap. He was driving a four-door, older model dark red car. ...more

August 21, 2008

The sacrifice of two Pasco County soldiers killed in Iraq will not be forgotten. ...more

July 23, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- The sacrifice of two Pasco soldiers killed in Iraq will not soon be forgotten. A ceremony today dedicated the inscription of the names of Pfc. Patrick Joseph "PJ" Miller and Sgt. Marcus Mathes onto the Pasco Veterans Memorial in New Port Richey. ...more

July 22, 2008

The road to a college degree got a bit smoother for five brand new local high school graduates and one adult college student. ...more

June 18, 2008