When a couple of best friends got bored one summer, they started cooking. ...more

September 10, 2008

TAMPA - June Leland and Kathy Walsh want to know why their 16-year-old daughters are assigned to a bus stop more than two miles from their Davis Islands homes that includes crossing busy streets plus a bridge before daybreak. ...more

September 9, 2008

TAMPA PALMS When a couple of best friends got bored one summer, they started cooking. Their hobby turned into an annual dinner that raises money for international humanitarian and environmental causes. ...more

September 5, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia apologized again at her first town meeting Tuesday for this year's lack of communication about changing bus stops and for having too few phone lines for questions. ...more

September 2, 2008

Local parents who homeschool their children are in no hurry to send their children back to Hernando County public schools. ...more

August 15, 2008

Jonathan Freeman gives me hope. Not because he's an excellent student in the International Baccalaureate program at Hillsborough High. Not because he's an accomplished violinist and fencer. And not because he's good with children, animals and is generally a nice kid to be around. ...more

August 2, 2008

His efforts provide free school supplies to needy children. But he doesn't want recognition, he wants to motivate others to take action. ...more

August 1, 2008

Does Hillsborough have a school choice program? The district offers options for parents if they want to enroll their child in a school other than the assigned school. ...more

August 1, 2008

The Highlands County School Board tentatively approved its 2008-09 budget with a small increase in the school tax rate. ...more

July 31, 2008

It's a long way from the flat sidewalks of Westchase in a Florida summer to a mountainous camp where your water bottle can freeze overnight. ...more

July 16, 2008