After hearing arguments for more than an hour Wednesday, Judge Peter Estrada said he would decide by Nov. 12 whether to toss out evidence in two grow house cases. ...more

September 27, 2008

After hearing arguments for more than an hour today, Judge Peter Estrada said he would decide on Nov. 12 whether to toss out evidence in two grow-house cases. ...more

September 24, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County students continue to show improvement in math, reading and science in nearly every grade level, according to Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results released Tuesday. ...more

June 11, 2008

Local administrators and teachers celebrated Tuesday with the release of the last batch of the district's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores, which show significant gains since last year at several area schools. ...more

June 11, 2008

The state releases FCAT scores in math, reading and science for grades 4 to 10. Students doing OK in reading and math, but science remains a struggle. ...more

June 10, 2008

SEBRING — More Highlands County third-graders scored at or above grade level in math and reading compared to the state average, according to Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results released Wednesday. However, about 146 third-graders, or 15 percent of the students, will have to pass another test after a summer reading camp to be promoted to fourth grade. They scored in Level 1 or the lowest level of the assessment scale. Eighty-percent of the county's third-graders scored in Level 3 or above in math. Statewide, and last year in Highlands County, 76 percent had achieved that level. In FCAT reading, that number was 74 percent compared to last year's 70 percent and this year's state percentage of 72 percent. ...more

May 21, 2008

Results reflect significant increases for third-graders. ...more

May 21, 2008

Ridgewood High School athletes are close to getting the chance to strap on skates. ...more

May 3, 2008

SEBRING — When Kathy Rimer walks into most gymnastics centers for a competitive meet, the owner of Sebring's Get A Grip gym is often taken aback by the glare of polished accomplishment. "We'll go to these gyms, and they'll have these trophies lined up, sometimes two- or three-deep," she said. "We've won individual trophies in the past, but none we could display. "Now, we have four." Get A Grip's Highlands Aerials team earned its first-ever team trophies at the C. Gene Stowe Scholarship Meet last weekend, giving the gym its first hardware since opening in Sept. 2006. "We entered four teams and won four trophies," Rimer said, who noted her team had competed in five meets before taking team prizes. "And they look wonderful." Shannon Gibbs and Amaia Unanue pushed the Aerials to a first-place finish in Level 6, as Gibbs took first-place honors in the vault and floor and Unanue finished second in the bars and beam. ...more

November 23, 2007

Student Denzel Washington carefully sorted the colorful beads with classmate Rashone Mills. ...more

September 29, 2007