Hernando High senior sprinter Ryane Ledington signs with Brevard College in North Carolina, finding the perfect combination of athletic and academic opportunity. ...more

March 29, 2009

Megan Biretz, 17, never had an easy life. Her single mom struggled to support her while battling cervical cancer, then complications. Family demons - alcoholism, drugs and mental illness - hovered over the household with three adults and one child. Then, in two short days in early March, even that precarious family life vanished. ...more

March 29, 2009

Megan Biretz, 17, never had an easy life. Her single mom struggled to support her while battling cervical cancer, then complications. Family demons — alcoholism, drugs and mental illness — hovered over the household with three adults and one child. Then, in two short days in early March, even that precarious family life vanished. ...more

March 27, 2009

Anyone can become a leader. And one Pasco High School teacher says he can tell you what you need to know in about 30 minutes. ...more

February 21, 2009

Vicki Quintero came to the after-school carnival at Sickles High School prepared with a grocery bag filled with cans of vegetables, soups and beans. ...more

January 31, 2009

Melissa Daigneault is focused on the Super Bowl, but it's canned goods and not football that has her attention. ...more

January 28, 2009

Melissa Daigneault is focused on the Super Bowl, but it's canned goods and not football that has her attention. ...more

January 28, 2009

Melissa Daigneault is focused on the Super Bowl, but it's canned goods and not football that has her attention. Daigneault, a senior at Sickles High School, is one of 19 students nationally serving on the youth advisory board for the Souper Bowl of Caring. The 20th annual event coordinates food drives on Super Bowl weekend for local charities through schools, churches, businesses and organizations. ...more

January 21, 2009

Typically, only those who attend rock or country music concerts wear T-shirts like those worn by dozens of Barack Obama county voters on Election Day Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

I read with interest the article regarding the supervisor of elections race. ...more

October 24, 2008