SARASOTA COUNTY - The latest sign of how the weak economy is impacting the school district manifested itself today at teacher contract negotiations. ...more

August 28, 2008

Just before 7 a.m. Aug. 18, Evi Gonzalez and his wife, Marlen, sat waiting for assistance in the Reddick Elementary School office. With them were their sons Ryan, 6, and Evi Jr., 5. ...more

August 27, 2008

The Army's growth plans and the demands of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are contributing to a shortfall of thousands of majors, critical mid-level officers whose ranks are not expected to be replenished for five years, according to Army data and a recent officers survey. ...more

August 17, 2008

As the Highlands County School District works toward starting an International Baccalaureate Diploma program, pre-IB classes will begin this school year. ...more

August 15, 2008

School officials learned of concerns that Venice Elementary School teacher Diana O'Neill was too rough with her special education teachers as early as 2005, three years before she was arrested on child abuse charges. ...more

August 11, 2008

Any novice, looking to surprise that special someone with a homemade birthday cake, can pull it off. ...more

August 5, 2008

What started as a way to say thanks to the 20 or so pediatrics nurses on the third floor of University Community Hospital ended with everyone saying thanks to a 9-year-old cancer patient who dreamed up the nifty design for a bunch of T-shirts worn by those nurses. ...more

August 1, 2008

As workers and school staff moved boxes big and small with carts and hand trucks, Memorial Elementary Principal Ruby Handley said the new school looks "fabulous." ...more

August 1, 2008

Two months after trimming its budget by $47 million and laying off faculty members and more than 100 staffers, the University of Florida is giving out raises. ...more

July 26, 2008

On each side of his neck is a tattoo of a skull, and across his knuckles he had tattooed the expression, "Hard Luck," with a letter on each knuckle. To Pinellas sheriff's detention Deputy Aaron Simpson, his tattoos are an art form. To his bosses at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, they constitute a violation of the sheriff's uniform and appearance policy. As a result, the six-year veteran was suspended for three days. ...more

July 18, 2008