Well before sunrise Oct. 18, six sleepy Deltona teens piled into a van to make the two-and-a-half-hour drive for their church's Bible Quiz team. Some 88 youth from various Florida church teams came to participate in a denominational Florida Southeast District Bible Quiz, from distant locations including Hollywood, Westwood, Rainbow Springs, Lakeland, Piedmont Park, Tallahassee, Miami and Zephyrhills. Some teams arrived Friday night and stayed in local host homes. ...more

October 28, 2008

Single sculler Shannon Hoffman of the Academy of the Holy Names won a bronze medal, while the Plant women's varsity 8 reached a nationals final for the first time at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America's National Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn., last Saturday. ...more

May 31, 2008

State environmental officials destroyed records, ignored federal anti-pollution rules and railroaded a senior scientist out of his job, according to a lawsuit filed in Leon County on Monday. ...more

January 29, 2008