Mary Epperson's feet were back on the ground but her head was still up in the clouds as she stood before her students Monday at Hudson Middle School. Less than 24 hours earlier she had experienced something that until just a few years ago had only been known to astronauts and few others, the feeling of floating virtually weightless in the air, and she did it without having to go into orbit. ...more

December 17, 2008

Sickles High School culinary students know their gingerbread. They used to compete in gingerbread-decorating contests, and this fall they built haunted houses from the cake to display around their school. ...more

December 10, 2008

Sickles High School culinary students know their gingerbread. They used to compete in gingerbread-decorating contests, and this fall they built haunted houses from the cake to display around their school. ...more

December 10, 2008

A University of South Florida graduate has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Walt Disney World, claiming he was fired from a job as a trumpeter and not rehired when he applied again because he is Sikh, wears a turban and does not meet the "Disney look." ...more

June 18, 2008

A USF graduate files a $1 million lawsuit against Disney claiming he was discriminated against because of his religious dress code. ...more

June 17, 2008

A young German girl named Clara receives a gift of a wooden nutcracker, shaped like a toy soldier, at the family Christmas party. ...more

December 11, 2007

The annual holiday production of "The Nutcracker" will be performed by the nonprofit dance group, Expressions, at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge High School, 11646 Town Center Road in New Port Richey, Dec. 14 and 15. ...more

December 4, 2007