Mending fences at Alafia Elementary School won't come cheap. Depending on how long Grace Ippolito is assigned to shadow Alafia Elementary Principal Ellyn Smith, the fix could run in the thousands of dollars. ...more

December 9, 2008

Mending fences at Alafia Elementary School won't come cheap. Depending on how long Grace Ippolito is assigned to shadow Alafia Elementary Principal Ellyn Smith, the fix could run in the thousands of dollars. ...more

December 8, 2008

Alafia Elementary School Principal Ellyn Smith sat stoically Thursday night as parents hurled complaints against her to Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia. ...more

November 26, 2008

In these dark and gloomy times, it's easy to get discouraged by the tsunami of bad news. ...more

November 22, 2008

Alafia Elementary School Principal Ellyn Smith sat stoically by tonight as school parents hurled complaints against her to Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia. ...more

November 20, 2008

Health and Science and the Arts are the most popular career areas Avon Park High School freshmen chose last year under the state's new "major areas of interest" academic planning program. ...more

October 5, 2008

In an evening marked more by civility than wrangling, the six candidates for two Sixth Circuit judgeships and two candidates for Pasco County clerk of the circuit court aired their views of the offices they seek at a political forum Wednesday. ...more

August 23, 2008

City Commission members want a status report on staffing levels at the Fire Department. ...more

August 16, 2008

Tarpon Springs City Commission members want a status report on staffing levels at the Fire Department. At their meeting Tuesday night commissioners asked interim City Manager Mark LeCouris to have a report responding to complaints that Fire Department personnel are under stress as a result of understaffing at the department by their next meeting, Aug. 19. ...more

August 14, 2008

Just before the tornado hit, the Boy Scouts were gathering on the porch of a shelter, playing cards and waiting out what many of them thought was just a pelting rain. In a matter of moments, a Scout leader, hearing a faint tornado siren, hurried them inside, and then, as he stared out the open door and saw the twister in the distance, ordered them to dive under tables, survivors said. ...more

June 13, 2008