Designer clothes for kids and extra baggy pants were not the fashion a number of years ago when Jayma Hitt was a student at Woodlawn Elementary School. ...more

September 24, 2008

Time is a child's worst enemy whenever he or she is lost or kidnapped. ...more

September 22, 2008

Five weeks into the school year, the new Memorial Elementary School has 125 more students than expected and is still working to get all the computers hooked up and running. ...more

September 20, 2008

Workers have capped the natural gas leak that has closed both directions of Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard at their junction, and all roads could be open about 6:30 p.m. the Tampa Fire Department said. ...more

September 15, 2008

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program is back in the city's two elementary schools after it was cut by the police department. ...more

September 12, 2008

Two men were arrested Wednesday after a burglary scare led to lockdowns at Burnett Middle and McDonald Elementary schools in Seffner, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The schools were locked down Wednesday after someone was found burglarizing a shed at 2382 Kingsway Road about 8 a.m., sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

September 4, 2008

But students may be trading 'undercrowded' for 'overcrowded' ...more

September 4, 2008

With the "10-day count" in and roughly 328 fewer students than expected in Hernando County schools, a record number of students and teachers are also switching schools because of "adequate yearly progress," or AYP. ...more

September 4, 2008

Two men have been arrested after a burglary scare that led to lockdowns at Burnett Middle and McDonald Elementary schools in Seffner, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 3, 2008

Avon Park will soon host a privately run tutoring program at its recreation center near Memorial Field for roughly 50 students from five of the county's underperforming schools. ...more

September 2, 2008