SEBRING — The idea is to help children learn about financial concepts, but adults — perhaps lots of them — could also benefit from the knowledge from workshops dealing with money. A parent workshop on "The ABCs of Teaching Your Kids About Money" was held last Tuesday at the Highlands County YMCA. Two workshops involving pre-teens and teens are tentatively planned for the first week of August. ...more

July 6, 2008

The Patel Conservatory at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center hosted Kidz Connect, a summer camp program promoting cultural exchange through theatrical performance. ...more

July 5, 2008

A 16-year-old boy died and several other teenagers were injured early Monday, when their vehicle hit a utility pole on U.S. 92 near Robin Kristin Drive in Plant City, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

July 2, 2008

A 16-year-old boy died and several other teenagers were injured early Monday, when their vehicle hit a utility pole on U.S. 92 near Robin Kristin Drive in Plant City, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

July 2, 2008

Brittni Hardcastle, one of the teenage girls accused in the videotaped beating of Mulberry teenager Victoria Lindsay, can now attend church. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - Brittni Hardcastle, one of the teenage girls accused in the videotaped beating of Mulberry teenager Victoria Lindsay, has a hearing today to request changes to the terms of her pretrial release. ...more

June 26, 2008

I read in increasing horror about teachers having sex with their students. It seems that every week now you hear of a teacher who was arrested for such abuse. It has made me think back to my time as a student and also a teacher. ...more

June 23, 2008

A total body workout is the key for teenagers wanting to be in great shape, says Shawn Balow, a personal trainer at Tampa's Downtown YMCA. ...more

June 20, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The girls aren't bad, they've had bad things happen to them. So spoke Danielle Taylor-Fagan, executive director of the PACE Center for Girls, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week in helping troubled teen girls turn around their lives. ...more

June 14, 2008

Dear Dad I've found the father I didn't know I had. As a child, I wanted a father who would just sit and talk awhile, one who would take time to listen to my thoughts. But my dad worked from sunup at his job, and then, when he'd get home, he'd do chores on our farm until after sunset. ...more

June 11, 2008