For the first time in decades, there will be no districtwide science fair next year for local elementary school students. ...more

June 11, 2008

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay and Fifth Third Bank teamed up recently to recognize Sulphur Springs Elementary School students who made great efforts to improve their grades. ...more

June 11, 2008

SEBRING — Ross Lewis will graduate in a few weeks, then he is headed off to Tuskegee University in Alabama to study political science, and someday become a lawyer. He's not sure where he would be without the Boys and Girls Club, though. A statewide study recently found that young people who attend Boys and Girls Clubs show higher graduation rates, greater achievement on Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, lower rates of absenteeism and lower rates of criminal offenses. Ross, who has spent his afternoons at the Boys and Girls Club in Sebring for as long as he can remember, said he thinks the study is right on the money. ...more

May 21, 2008

Second-grade teacher Leigh Burdette and kindergarten aide Rhonda Locker went lip to snout with a pig recently to raise money for charity. ...more

February 26, 2008

PLANT CITY - Second-grade teacher Leigh Burdette and kindergarten aide Rhonda Locker went lip to snout with a pig today to raise money for charity. ...more

February 22, 2008

Former "American Idol" contestant Katharine McPhee has wed producer Nick Cokas. ...more

February 5, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving a school bus in Spring Hill about 8:45 a.m. today ...more

January 14, 2008

My True Beauty Fashion Show will feature students in the etiquette and manners program offered by the nonprofit organization It's All About Kids. ...more

December 29, 2007

Forty-four Apollo Beach Elementary School students recently learned that giving to others was also a gift to themselves. ...more

December 22, 2007

Christmas is coming early for some needy children in the Plant City area. ...more

December 19, 2007