The torch was lit, the games had begun and Charles Leach was ready to shine Tuesday in the 10-meter assisted walk at the Pasco County Special Olympics. ...more

February 25, 2009

Plant City High School senior Shambria Young is on a roll. In May, she was crowned Miss In Living Color by a local nonprofit group. ...more

February 11, 2009

It was a little bit bouncing, a little bit waving, a little bit stepping and a whole lot of heart-pounding. ...more

December 3, 2008

Four of the seven Hillsborough School Board members were sworn in for four more years Tuesday night and applications for five more charter schools were approved for the 2009-10 school year. ...more

November 18, 2008

Parents can hear their child read and speak in class and get a taste of what teachers are doing by listening to podcasts on their personal computer. ...more

November 15, 2008

Migrant farm workers often find it difficult or impossible to attend parent-teacher conferences, so Valrico Elementary School teacher Barbara Jarrett makes house calls. ...more

October 20, 2008

A Trinity Oaks Elementary teacher was arrested Thursday on charges of soliciting sex from teenage girls on the Internet in a sting operation run by the state Attorney General's Office. ...more

August 15, 2008

A Trinity Oaks Elementary School teacher was arrested this afternoon on charges of soliciting sex from teenage girls on the Internet in a sting operation run by the Attorney General's Office Citrus County Pasco ...more

August 14, 2008

Susan Torpey reminded the teachers about pictures they might have shared with others via Internet sites. ...more

July 24, 2008

LAKE PLACID – An ownership change is in the works for the Montessori Children's School of Lake Placid, which opened in 2001. Jennifer Payne, a longtime volunteer at the school, recently became its director. "I have a contract right now to purchase the school," Payne said Monday. The school's owner, Shannon Fritzius, has been ill, according to Payne. The school will likely close under Fritzius' ownership in mid to late July and then reopen for the fall semester, she said. ...more

June 30, 2008