JULY Since Land O' Lakes High opened its doors in 1975 and placed a football team on the field that same year, there was only one defensive coordinator. ...more

December 26, 2009

The 61-year-old building that houses Pasco Middle School is something of a landmark in this east Pasco town. ...more

December 23, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Six students at Pine View Elementary School in Land O' Lakes were bitten by ticks this month, according to the Pasco County school district. Assistant Superintendent David Scanga thought the children might have picked up the ticks on the playground, so after the school discovered the problem, the campus was sprayed to get rid of the parasites. ...more

December 17, 2009

John Castelamare had an idea the day was coming. The day he would be told his time in the Deferred Retirement Option Program would end. There were moments this season when he talked about this possibly being his final season as Wesley Chapel's football coach. ...more

December 16, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - However you measure it, the Pasco County school district improved its graduation rate in 2008-09 and beat the state average, according to data released Friday by the school district and the state. ...more

December 5, 2009

Mitchell High School sophomore Stephanie Villatoro braced herself as nurse Cathy Sage prepared to administer the swine flu vaccine last week but, as it turned out, there was no worry. ...more

November 30, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Teachers and other Pasco County School District employees would get one-time pay supplements but no raises or step increases under a tentative contract agreement announced Friday. ...more

November 4, 2009

Ray Gadd, the interim director of Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, says it's time for the $32 million-dollar-a-year charity to move beyond the forced resignation and suicide of its former director. ...more

November 4, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Teachers and other Pasco County school district employees would get one-time pay supplements but no raises or step increases under a tentative contract agreement announced Friday. ...more

October 31, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The traditional three Rs of education are "reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic." ...more

October 29, 2009