LAND O' LAKES - The fact that Academy at the Lakes remains in the postseason is somewhat miraculous, considering what it took for it to get this far. ...more

February 7, 2008

At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. ...more

February 3, 2008

Students and staff at Gulf Trace Elementary finally have a place to call their own. ...more

January 9, 2008

Pasco County deputies Tuesday continued looking into the threat of a shooting at Hudson High School. ...more

January 9, 2008

WINTER HAVEN — Three Red Devils scored in double figures on Thursday night as the Avon Park girls basketball team started slow but finished strong during a 52-32 victory over Class 2A All Saints Academy. It was the Red Devils' first action since Dec. 21, though AP coach Paulette Daley said the team showed little signs of holiday rust. "We tend to start slow anyway," she said. "But once we got our rhythm back, we picked up the pace and played at our level." ...more

January 5, 2008

SEBRING — Teacher Laura Sherley's students will be in jeopardy when they return from winter break on Tuesday. The Lake Country Elementary third-grade teacher spent part of the holiday break programing a classroom version of the popular television quiz show, "Jeopardy!" With a $845 mini-grant from the Highlands County Education Foundation, Sherley purchased Classroom Jeopardy! which includes computer software, a scoreboard and hand-held remotes to replicate the setup of the game show. "I will be Alex Trebek," Sherley proclaimed. ...more

January 5, 2008

Hosting the 19th Annual William G. Hulton Jr. Ram Classic Thursday night, Ridgewood cruised to a 75-37 victory over their Hillsborough County competitors from Freedom High School. ...more

January 4, 2008

Palm Harbor University continued to make the most out of their winter break by taking out Bloomingdale High Thursday afternoon, 56-53, on the opening day of the Alonso High Holiday Classic. ...more

January 4, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A Pine View School teacher was arrested today on charges he sexually battered a 17-year-old student. ...more

December 27, 2007

AVON PARK — The new year will bring a new safety procedure for dismissal time at Park Elementary School. Beginning in January, each vehicle will be required to have a card in the dashboard imprinted with the names of the children who will be picked up in that vehicle. "We just want to make sure that the children are as safe as we can possibly have them be," said Park Elementary Principal Brenda Longshore. Usually by this time of the year many schools take the approach that they know the parents by now, "but, we just wanted to implement it and give it a try and see if we just can't up our safety just a little bit." Paraprofessionals who work during dismissal suggested the dashboard cards, which could also speed up the dismissal process, she said. ...more

December 24, 2007