West Pasco Chamber of Commerce tapped Beltone Hearing Centers and the Publix Super Market Store in Southgate Shopping Center for its annual business of the year awards during a Thursday night banquet. ...more

February 22, 2008

The Hillsborough County School Board should make the district's process of giving some parents access to crowded schools more transparent, a board member said Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008

Gifted education is set to change considerably for students in Hernando County. With the Hernando County School Board's decision Tuesday to place the district's future gifted education center at Spring Hill's Explorer K-8, the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard, there is much to be learned about the gifted program itself. ...more

February 7, 2008

From the moment Vince La Borante arrives at work each morning, he begins putting out fires. ...more

February 2, 2008

SEBRING — Parents criticized Superintendent Wally Cox for his decision, for budgetary reasons, to delay filling the top position in the Exceptional Student Education Department. Parent Mike Altman told the school board and Cox Tuesday, "We've been waiting for a long time for a change; The kids deserve a change. "We are here as parents and professionals due to our concern regarding the decision that has been made not to fill the position of ESE coordinator at this time. We have been told the decision for not filling the position at this time is to help the budget." ...more

January 27, 2008

Hernando County's newest K-8 school principal is in town, and he's knocking the socks off of just about everybody. ...more

January 13, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Lesley Wade, a biology instructor at Wiregrass Ranch High School, has been named Pasco County's teacher of the year. ...more

January 13, 2008

SEBRING — Sebring High School students James Heidle and Kary Wininger roll up small pieces of cookie dough Monday for placing on cookie sheets. ...more

December 18, 2007

At some point tonight, a student in the Brandon High bleachers will notice the Plant City head football coach, the one with the goatee and the headset, and ask his or her classmate this question: ...more

November 1, 2007

SEBRING — While John Milone was on vacation in Denmark this summer, a family of four stayed in his Sebring home, sleeping in his bed and eating at his dining room table. The family went on an airboat ride through Arbuckle Creek, laid on the beaches of Miami and enjoyed Disney theme parks, while John and Lyudmila Milone explored Copenhagen and stayed at the family's home there. The Milones coordinated the swap through Home Exchange, a Web site that facilitates 100,000 successful home exchanges worldwide and features about 15,000 listings in more than 100 countries. The concept gained popularity after the 2006 romantic comedy staring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, who trade a Los Angeles' mansion and cottage in England to escape men in their lives. John Milone knew about the program long before the movie, though, and has been doing home exchanges for nine years. ...more

October 13, 2007