The Pasco-Hernando Community College team certainly was not lachrymose about winning the annual West Pasco Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors Scholarship Spelling Bee. ...more

August 30, 2008

Shannon Brown's passport has two stamps in it: from an anthropological study trip to Peru during spring break of her freshman year at Rollins College. ...more

July 17, 2008

WINTER PARK -- Rollins College junior Shannon Brown's passport only has two stamps in it. She got them coming and going from a trip she took to Peru on an anthropological study during spring break her freshman year. Brown, a resident of New Port Richey, recently got her ticket punched toward the career of her dreams. She was awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, one of the U.S. government's most prestigious awards for graduate students. ...more

July 12, 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

From middle school to their senior year, these select students have been mentored and monitored. ...more

May 30, 2008

At 13, James Walmer started his own computer sales, service and repair business. ...more

May 25, 2008

Since 1946, the Tampa Woman's Club has raised nearly $300,000 for 59 local charities with its annual fashion show. ...more

February 26, 2008

Kylie Williams, Miss Florida, will be the mistress of ceremonies at tonight's Miss Pasco County Pageant, held in conjunction with the 61st annual Pasco County Fair. ...more

February 23, 2008

Ye Notorious Krewe of the Peg-Leg Pirate isn't just about merrymaking and handing out beads. It was founded specifically to help amputees and their families. ...more

February 23, 2008

An education foundation with newly formed ties to Florida has donated $2 million to bankroll the education of qualified minority and low-income students at the University of South Florida. ...more

February 13, 2008