TAMPA - After counting 8,700 Internet votes, organizers of Just Sing, Florida! announced today that a Pompano Beach elementary school teacher penned the tune that has a shot at becoming Florida's new state song. ...more

January 11, 2008

The honeymoon isn't over for Ryan and Erin Haczynski. The couple married in the Bahamas in March and he just won $50,000 on the television show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.' ...more

October 24, 2007

Regarding 'School Day Squeeze' (front page, Oct. 18): As an elementary school teacher, I find it somewhat comical to read about high school teachers' complaints concerning working a full day. I have dealt with 30-minute lunches and possibly one 30-minute 'break' period during the day since I began teaching. Kindergarten teachers are lucky to get a lunch period with the number of aides that have been taken away over the years. Elementary school teachers are lucky to make it to the bathroom a couple times a day. ...more

October 22, 2007

It's a big day for Mr. H at Durant High School. Friends, relatives, students and co-workers of Ryan Haczynski will find out how the English teacher fared on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire.' ...more

October 16, 2007

Elementary school teacher Ramona Roman has a master's degree and earns $70,000 a year, but she's barely making it in New York City. ...more

October 14, 2007

A large number of family members, 70 to 80 strong, were joined Oct. 6 by 125 friends and acquaintances to pay their final respects to a family matriarch and former elementary school teacher. ...more

October 13, 2007

Nine students were chosen from a pool of more than 100 applicants to serve as liaisons between the community and Pasco-Hernando Community College and to interact with the public to promote the college. ...more

September 27, 2007