LAND O' LAKES - New doors will open next year for students as Certified Career Academies makes its debut in all of Pasco County's high schools. ...more

February 27, 2009

New doors will open next year for students as Certified Career Academies makes its debut in all of Pasco County's high schools. ...more

February 20, 2009

New doors will open next year for area students as Certified Career Academies make their debut in all of Pasco County's high schools. The academies team schools and the business community together to give students the tools and skills necessary to graduate and launch careers. ...more

February 18, 2009

SEBRING Like most areas of the state and the country, Highlands County saw its unemployment rate rise substantially in 2008. ...more

December 31, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Camp Cloverleaf, Highlands County 4-H's overnight camp, got a surprise –– and what is described as a "substantial" financial gift –– from a donor that will benefit 4-H children in the county and the state. That's the assessment of John Alleyne, director of the Highlands County Extension Service, of the gift left in the will of a wealthy man who recently passed away. Kristin Bird, coordinator of 4-H Resources and Alumni Affairs at the University of Florida in Gainesville, agreed. She said the amount of the gift is "substantial," but it could not be released publicly for at least two to three weeks, if at all. ...more

June 4, 2008

Richard Johnson, Dunedin building official, disputes recent letter asserting the city is persecuting seniors who own condos and have replaced windows. ...more

May 31, 2008

Standing before a panel of state lawmakers Saturday, high school sophomore T.J. Mouse proposed legislation that would require students to take a driver's education course to graduate. ...more

January 13, 2008

Rising foreclosures will lead to billions of dollars in lost economic activity next year in the nation's major metropolitan areas, but homeowners and financial institutions have the ability to work together to contain the effects, according to a report compiled for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. ...more

November 28, 2007

Florida's public high schools have some of the worst student retention rates in the country, with half qualifying as "Dropout Factories," four times the national average, according to a new analysis of U.S. Education Department data. ...more

November 2, 2007