President Barack Obama embraced merit pay for teachers Tuesday in spelling out a vision of education that will almost certainly alienate union backers. ...more

March 10, 2009

December was prime time for Jackie Clarkin. Clarkin, first in Canada and then in Sarasota, "always made a big deal of Christmas," she recalls. ...more

December 26, 2008

The cheering began as soon as the buses came into view. ...more

November 25, 2008

Devin Clarke knows the importance of a good set of hands. On one of the Sebring sophomore's three touchdowns on Friday night during a 27-24 Blue Streak victory over Port Charlotte, Clarke was in the unusual position of being on the front-end of a TD toss: He threw to senior JC Howard on a double-pass play the team worked on all week, though not always as successfully. ...more

November 15, 2008

Inspired By Speech Regarding "Obama Builds Upon 'American Promise'" (front page, Aug. 29): ...more

August 31, 2008

Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came to this tiny town on Friday for their first public appearance after a bitter primary fight. Less certain was whether Unity would come to them. ...more

June 28, 2008

SEBRING — Marianne and John Ash have had 43 children call them mom and dad in the past two and a half years. ...more

February 22, 2008

Brandon's senior leadership was front and center as the Eagles captured their fifth district title in six years with a 42-38 victory against the Wharton Wildcats in the Class 5A-District 8 final Saturday. ...more

February 10, 2008

If you're familiar with a lot of teenage girls, then you know many of them have a lot of idle times on their hands. ...more

February 9, 2008

When describing how tumultuous Amanda Holloway's four years at Saint Leo have been, Coach Chanita Olds looks back to the senior's days at Palm Beach Lake High. ...more

January 19, 2008