The Polk County Sheriff's Office announces the arrest of a Polk County teacher today on charges of sexual misconduct with several children. ...more

June 5, 2008

A truth and reconciliation commission is examining a decadeslong government policy that required Canadian Indians to attend schools where students were forced to lose their cultural identity and were routinely subjected to abuse. ...more

June 2, 2008

A Boy Scout from Tampa Palms is leading the effort to install a fence at the Mary Help of Christians Center. ...more

June 2, 2008

A Boy Scout from Tampa Palms is leading the effort to install a fence at the Mary Help of Christians Center. ...more

May 28, 2008

When Marie Cusmano came to Bay Crest Elementary, the school was a year old. It had no kindergarten program, and when Hillsborough County added one, Cusmano became Bay Crest's first kindergarten teacher. ...more

May 24, 2008

When Marie Cusmano came to Bay Crest Elementary, the school was a year old. It had no kindergarten program, and when Hillsborough County added one, Cusmano became Bay Crest's first kindergarten teacher. ...more

May 24, 2008

The Academy of the Holy Names inducted former coach and athletic director Monte Simon posthumously into its Athletic Hall of Fame during its Middle School Spring Sports Banquet on May 5. ...more

May 24, 2008

Nancy Pratt is a teacher. Some people think of their careers as a "calling. Then there are people who just seem to be born with a predetermined purpose in the world embedded in their DNA. ...more

May 24, 2008

More than six decades after they were forced to leave college, about 450 Japanese-Americans interned during World War II have been awarded honorary degrees from the University of Washington. ...more

May 20, 2008

A federal judge on Friday set a March 10 trial date for a former University of South Florida engineering student charged in connection with a case against two other former students accused of transporting explosives. ...more

February 9, 2008