Stephano Espinoza is a mild-mannered artist with a drive to excel. The Blake High School junior is making an early case for success. Last month, he won the 11th Congressional District Art Contest for his painting titled "Past." ...more

April 1, 2009

Bay area high-school students hope to persuade state legislators to make teenagers wear headsets when talking on a cell phone while driving and to give mandatory jail time to teachers who have sex with students. ...more

March 28, 2009

Bay area high-school students hope to persuade state legislators to make teenagers wear headsets to use cell phones while driving and to give mandatory jail time to teachers who have sex with students. ...more

March 26, 2009

Chalk outlines of 88 bodies greeted students as they arrived this morning at Gaither High School, a homicide-style reminder of the number of Floridians estimated to die daily from tobacco use. The efforts are part of the 14th annual Kick Butts Day, sponsored nationally by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Students from dozens of schools from Hillsborough and Pinellas were to rally this afternoon at Al Lopez Park. ...more

March 25, 2009

Their work makes a difference - along the shoreline of Tampa Bay and further inland. ...more

March 25, 2009

The Suncoast Singers and Tarpon Springs Rotary Club will join forces in a fundraiser to provide scholarships for Tarpon Springs High School students. ...more

March 21, 2009

If you're crazy about fresh strawberries and don't mind getting your fingers stained with strawberry juice, you can save some money by visiting one of several strawberry farms in the Plant City area now open for U-pick. ...more

March 20, 2009

Two high school students have been arrested on charges that they deliberately set fire to a girlfriend's house. ...more

March 18, 2009

For the seventh year in a row, the Krewe of the South Shore Marauders will take a break from their pillaging and plundering ways to help area high school students get into college. ...more

March 18, 2009

Face-painting, giant inflatable slides, a rock climbing wall and, what's this? A row of ancient weapons of mass destruction lined up on the Hudson High School football field? The school held its fourth annual medieval festival Friday, and as students poured onto the field it looked like they were leaving their studies behind for two hours of fun and fantasy. ...more

March 18, 2009