It may be costly, but at least two school board members say local teachers have every right to ask for a 5.5 percent raise. ...more

June 25, 2008

Members of the Friends of the Carrollwood Cultural Center heaped praise on its executive director for getting the award-winning arts facility running but were less thrilled about a potentially expensive termination clause. ...more

June 7, 2008

SEBRING — His official title is still assistant city administrator, but for all practical purposes Scott Noethlich has taken over operations of the City of Sebring. In preparation for Bob Hoffman's retirement at end of June after almost 18 years as city administrator, Noethlich has been transitioning slowly into the job. ...more

May 9, 2008

Technology in Hernando County schools will likely get a major "shot in the arm" in June. ...more

February 20, 2008

J.D. Floyd will continue as a mini-magnet. That's the direction the Hernando County School Board decided to take Tuesday, leaving the district's middle school environmental program at its current location at J.D. Floyd Elementary School in Spring Hill, instead of relocating it to Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics in Spring Hill or West Hernando Middle School in Brooksville. ...more

February 6, 2008

The Hernando County School Board voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve the settlement agreement reached last week by district officials and suspended Hernando High School teacher Shawn Bingham. ...more

January 16, 2008

The Hernando County School Board voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve the settlement agreement reached last week by district officials and suspended Hernando High School teacher Shawn Bingham. ...more

January 15, 2008

If nothing else is clear about the future direction of Nature Coast Technical High School, athletics will continue. ...more

December 20, 2007

If nothing else is clear about the future direction of Nature Coast Technical High School, athletics will continue. ...more

December 19, 2007

AVON PARK — Its members question their own existence. What is their role? What purpose do they have toward benefiting the city, or are they nothing more than a waste of space, time, effort and ultimately the taxpayer's dollar? After finding out earlier this month that its own members lacked the authority to dissolve itself, the four remaining members of the Main Street Community Redevelopment Agency advisory board considered resigning. Main Street CRA advisory board Chairman Devon Donaldson, speaking for the board, repeated the frustrations he had with the council, and what they saw as the inability of the board to have much of an input on facade grants as a reason for their attempted disbanding. ...more

November 26, 2007