A Central High School senior suspected of hitting a woman with his car Thursday night near Hexam Road shot and killed himself when authorities in Levy County pulled him over, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

February 7, 2009

A Central High School senior suspected of hitting a woman with his car near Hexam Road on Thursday night shot and killed himself when authorities in Levy County pulled him over, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

February 6, 2009

Germs. They're everywhere. That's what our mothers said - and for the most part they were right. ...more

January 30, 2009

The Highlands County School Board is thinking about the possibility of terminating high school sports and extra curricular activities in local high schools. As a 15-year-old at Lake Placid High, I am very active in my schools athletic and extra curricular activities. I am in the marching season Color Guard, band during concert season, student government association and on the girl's basketball and softball teams. I know that the purpose of doing away with sports is only because of budget cuts, but having sports and extra curricular activities in our high schools is a good thing. Most of the kids in Lake Placid don't only play sports because we love it, but because of the support and help we get from our teammates and coaches. You see, we get more out of sports in schools than we do in any other activity in Highlands County. ...more

January 30, 2009

Gabriel Hurles' sixth birthday party wasn't a surprise, but his present sure was. ...more

January 29, 2009

Kristin Sluder wore rubber gloves and a serious look as she measured the nitrates in a water sample dipped from a drainage ditch along the northern edge of Werner Boyce Salt Springs State Park. ...more

January 28, 2009

A father runs into a maelstrom of colds, fevers and sniffles after his daughter starts going to day care. ...more

January 27, 2009

NEWS AND NOTES Polanco Heading To W. Kentucky The road to college hasn't been an easy one for Middleton senior offensive lineman Luis Polanco. ...more

January 27, 2009

When Pam Krick walked into the first class meeting, she didn't know a whole note from a whole goat. ...more

January 21, 2009

For Florida schools, the inauguration gave teachers a chance to guide their students toward a particularly important event in the nation's history. ...more

January 21, 2009