It's Fred Wild Elementary students against the world in a competition of mathematical computations where speed and accuracy are of the essence. ...more

November 1, 2009

Nine Florida banks, including one in the Tampa Bay area, have applied for and received $164 million in bailout money under the federal government's $700 billion rescue package of financial institutions, according to the latest data from the U.S. Treasury Department. ...more

February 10, 2009

When God speaks, James Dodzweit listens - even when he is suggesting that Dodzweit abandon a comfortable job at a megachurch to start a new one in a school cafeteria. ...more

February 8, 2009

Highlands County fourth-grades got 72 new students on the first day of school after three-fourths of third-graders who scored low on the reading FCAT last year were promoted after a successful summer camp. ...more

August 26, 2008

SEBRING — While reading a passage from the short story "The Dog Ate My Homework," a student read the word "restriction," after which Karen Smith asked her third-graders if they knew what the word means. Among the four third-graders in her reading circle, Smith saw two hands go up and she called on one of the students to explain the word's meaning. These students at Park Elementary School are among the 103 third-graders in the county who are attending the school district's Summer Reading Camps, which are also being held this week through July 23 at Woodlawn and Lake Placid Elementary schools. The students are increasing their reading skills and an assessment test will be held at the end of the reading camp. ...more

June 26, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County teachers are learning a new way to teach reading. About 325 teachers are picking up new strategies at Hill-Gustat Middle School this week. The Florida Reading Initiative is "providing us not just philosophy and theory, but taking us through the steps of actually instructing quality reading," said District Director of Elementary Programs Joyce McClelland. "It's incredible; I cannot wait to implement everything that we've learned in my classroom," Park Elementary fourth-grade teacher Scott King said. ...more

June 17, 2008

Thank you to everyone throughout Highlands County who donated to my clients in the ACTS Housing program. Paul has received plenty of furniture thanks to all of you. Many of my other clients received furniture and housing items as well. ...more

February 21, 2008

It took 25 years, but Nancy McClelland's dream finally came true. The Safety Harbor resident joined an Earthwatch expedition in late December and early January. She had wanted to go on such an expedition since she heard of Earthwatch 25 years ago. ...more

February 16, 2008

SEBRING — Nine homeless men who live in the woods across Kenilworth from Sebring High School have been offered homes in Tampa, said Terri McClelland. ...more

February 8, 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