New figures from the state Department of Education indicate more students are graduating from high school and fewer are dropping out. ...more

November 19, 2008

Coaches work to keep players under control, but sometimes the mix of adrenaline and emotions erupts in foul language, violence and ejections. ...more

November 14, 2008

Dawn Firestine patiently waited as cameras clicked, hairdressers teased and a tailor stitched. A few feet away stood a photo set with a seamless white background, plastic props, including a silver globe, and a couple of sparkling vases filled with red delicious and green Granny Smith apples. ...more

September 9, 2008

Dawn Firestine patiently waited as cameras clicked, hairdressers teased and a tailor stitched. A few feet away stood a photo set with a seamless white background, plastic props, including a silver globe, and a couple of sparkling vases filled with red delicious and green Granny Smith apples. She and two other Hillsborough County teachers, Katie Bullock of Lowry Elementary and Catherine Davis from Shaw Elementary, were nominated by peers, students, family and parents for the special pampering. ...more

September 8, 2008

After years of Highlands County schools seeing more students each August, enrollment is down this year, which means the district is bracing for less state funding. ...more

September 4, 2008

FOOTBALL FALL KICKOFF CLASSIC SET FOR 7:30 P.M. ...more

August 28, 2008

Boys in plastic chainmail and bejeweled cardboard crowns and girls in long dresses wearing tall, cone-shaped hats with sheer fabric drapes crossed a wooden bridge over a moat full of vinyl alligators. ...more

June 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - John Gorman, Frank Villar and Alex Spock aren't really into statistics, records or history. ...more

January 30, 2008

Hillsborough County schools' graduation rate increased nearly 2 percentage points in 2006-07 over the previous school year with a slight improvement in the dropout rate, the state reported Friday. ...more

December 1, 2007

Students at Turner Elementary School can breathe fresh air while sitting through lessons thanks to the school's new outdoor classroom. ...more

October 16, 2007