Erin Stawarz can easily call her parents to baby-sit or suggest toys for Christmas, but one topic remains taboo: asking them to help pay for their grandchildren's college tuition. ...more

October 5, 2008

Four BCS conference schools better known for academic prowess are off to successful starts this season: ...more

October 4, 2008

If Florida's college-bound students haven't thought much about the SAT writing test, they had better start soon: the University of South Florida and others are paying more attention to their scores. ...more

September 28, 2008

The famed six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway's island home aren't going anywhere. ...more

September 26, 2008

Missing your guns? Lost your laptop? Hillsborough County deputies might have them. The sheriff's office will hold a viewing within a month so people can reclaim some of the nearly $1.5 million in stolen items recovered during a recent sting operation, Maj. Paul Davis said. No official date has been set for the viewing. ...more

September 19, 2008

Missing your guns? Lost your laptop? Hillsborough County deputies might have them. The sheriff's office will hold a viewing within a month so people can reclaim some of the nearly $1.5 million in stolen items recovered during a recent sting operation, Maj. Paul Davis said. No official date has been set for the viewing. ...more

September 18, 2008

Sebring High School junior Kayla Deeson plans on graduating early, in December 2009, so at Monday's College Night she eagerly gathered information and talked to admissions counselors about her plans to study nursing. ...more

September 17, 2008

For years, Florida's marine scientists have scoured the gulf and ocean waters in an aging vessel that once served pot smugglers running drugs from Colombia to Florida. ...more

September 15, 2008

Paying for higher education is an increasing challenge for parents as tuition and college costs keep rising. But a local veterans organization is doing its part to help. ...more

September 3, 2008

The Democratic primary for Senate District 11 pits a college student against a Vietnam War veteran old enough to be his opponent's father. ...more

August 4, 2008