Construction on a new $14.5 million elementary school in the Watergrass community of Wesley Chapel is on schedule, with a planned opening in time for the start of the 2009-10 academic year. ...more

January 31, 2009

Last year, schools were "held harmless" by budget cuts. This year, cities, counties, constitutional officers and human service agencies didn't feel the knife as severely. ...more

January 29, 2009

Authorities in the Bahamas have charged a lawmaker and detained two other people in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta after the death of his son, police said Friday. ...more

January 24, 2009

Moon Lake Elementary School is in the market for a principal - again. ...more

January 22, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Dora Bean understood that not every student could be taught the same way. ...more

January 17, 2009

Construction on a new $14.5 million elementary school in the Watergrass community of Wesley Chapel is on schedule, with a planned opening in time for the start of the 2009-10 academic year. ...more

January 14, 2009

The potential approval of a household-waste landfill in southeastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing by environmental groups opposed to the proposal. ...more

January 10, 2009

The potential approval of a household-waste landfill south in eastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing by environmental groups opposed to the proposal. "This landfill represents an absolutely unacceptable risk to the region's water quality, not just in Pasco County, but throughout Tampa Bay and Florida's Nature Coast," Manley Fuller, president of the Florida Wildlife Federation said in a written statement. ...more

January 9, 2009

As Legislators aim to cut $600 million in state education funding, the School Board of Highlands County and South Florida Community College are looking at additional spending cuts that would not compromise student education. ...more

January 8, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - A charter school has withdrawn its application to have its charter fall under the jurisdiction of the Florida Schools of Excellence Commission rather than the Pasco County School Board. ...more

December 19, 2008