Plant City High's award-winning color guard, the Raider Silks, will hold tryouts 4:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at the school's mall. ...more

May 1, 2009

When Newsome High School's band director stepped onto the field last fall, he knew he was sticking his neck out. ...more

March 4, 2009

The Highlands County School Board is thinking about the possibility of terminating high school sports and extra curricular activities in local high schools. As a 15-year-old at Lake Placid High, I am very active in my schools athletic and extra curricular activities. I am in the marching season Color Guard, band during concert season, student government association and on the girl's basketball and softball teams. I know that the purpose of doing away with sports is only because of budget cuts, but having sports and extra curricular activities in our high schools is a good thing. Most of the kids in Lake Placid don't only play sports because we love it, but because of the support and help we get from our teammates and coaches. You see, we get more out of sports in schools than we do in any other activity in Highlands County. ...more

January 30, 2009

The Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsored an annual drill meet for about 400 Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets from 24 schools Dec. 13 at Brandon High School. Bloomingdale High School cadets were the overall winners. ...more

January 21, 2009

Retired Gen. Tommy Franks will launch a lecture series next week for students and corporate sponsors at a charter school backed by Tampa Bay Buccaneer Derrick Brooks. ...more

November 29, 2008

A number of years have passed since the Avon Park High School Marching Grenadier Band earned an invitation to the state band championships, but that wait is over. ...more

November 13, 2008

Last year was not a fluke for the Spirit of Sebring Marching Band. After earning a spot in the state band championships for the first time last year, the Sebring High band kicked it up a notch with a better score to return to the state competition this year. ...more

November 12, 2008

and are serving - in the nation's military, a color guard and elected officials marked the upcoming Veterans Day with a ceremony in downtown Tampa on Friday. ...more

November 8, 2008

A flag ceremony at Pasco-Hernando Community College will help launch observances of Veterans Day. The public is invited to the event at 4:30 p.m. Monday, the afternoon before Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, a college spokeswoman, Courtney Boettcher, reports. ...more

November 8, 2008

Northcliffe Baptist Church has a motto on its roadside sign and on its newsletter: "A Growing Family Sharing God's Love." In a special tribute to America, the church wants to demonstrate its motto and invites everyone to attend services tomorrow. The back-to-back church services are billed as "A Celebration of America Spectacular." ...more

July 5, 2008