NEW YORK (AP) — Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said today. It's a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's long-standing position. ...more

November 16, 2009

Most Voluntary Prekindergarten providers in Highlands County are doing a good job preparing 4- and 5-year-olds for kindergarten, but 20 percent are deemed "low performing," according to the Florida Department of Education. ...more

March 27, 2009

The number of Florida's kindergarteners showing early literacy skills reached its highest point to date and Highlands County scores improved on all three screening tests administered to kindergarteners. ...more

December 28, 2008

Florida kindergarten pupils have turned in the best overall results yet on screening tests in the four years since they began. ...more

December 22, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A University of Alabama at Birmingham study showed highway traffic deaths for older drivers in Florida dropped 17 percent after the state passed a law requiring vision tests for people age 80 and older. In Georgia and Alabama, where such tests are not required, the death rates remained unchanged. ...more

November 11, 2008

Advanced Academics will be offered for the first time in the first-grade in the upcoming school year. ...more

July 28, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County kindergartners entered school this year better prepared to learn, according to three screening tests. ...more

December 25, 2007

Good news on the cancer front: Death rates are dropping faster than ever, thanks to new progress against colorectal cancer. ...more

October 15, 2007

'Dear God, please help my tummy feel good so I can go to school tomorrow.' Many parents would be shocked to hear this prayer, thinking they must have misunderstood - a child praying to go to school, wishing only for a normal day? ...more

September 23, 2007