The oversized flagpole outside Chiaramonte Elementary School conceals revenue the school has enjoyed the past two years. ...more

February 17, 2009

Free income tax preparation services began recently at Hillsborough County's University Area Community Resource Center and will continue until April 15. ...more

February 4, 2009

When Hillsborough Community College opened its Ruskin campus next to a public high school, leaders of the college and the county school district had what seemed to be an obvious goal: ...more

December 17, 2008

The post office and a couple of abandoned storefronts are all that remain of the thriving downtown that anchored this community in northeast Pasco County. ...more

December 15, 2008

When Hillsborough Community College opened its Ruskin campus next to a public high school, leaders of the college and the county school district had what seemed to be an obvious goal: develop a program in which the students at Lennard High School can get a jump on higher education by earning college credit at HCC. ...more

December 11, 2008

Evidence of the flagging economy's local effect can be found as close as your neighborhood school's lunch line. ...more

September 24, 2008

For the first time, more than half of all students in Hillsborough County public schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. ...more

September 23, 2008

Natalia Pablo-Apreza sat quietly at her table in the St. Pete Times Forum restaurant, the downtown high-rises standing tall behind her through the windows. ...more

December 19, 2007

Natalia Pablo-Apreza sat quietly at her table in the St. Pete Times Forum restaurant, the downtown high-rises standing tall behind her through the windows. ...more

December 19, 2007

Natalia Pablo-Apreza sat quietly at her table in the St. Pete Times Forum restaurant, the downtown high-rises standing tall behind her through the windows. ...more

December 19, 2007