Stephanie Bowyer, who has two children in Highlands County public schools, has a suggestion for the school board: Don't do any budget cuts. ...more

March 8, 2009

Each in the coaching quartet is vying for the position left open when Tom Fisher retired in December after 20 years at the helm of the Bulldogs football program. During that span, Fisher led the program to a 124-89 record. ...more

March 3, 2009

Due to a drop in student enrollment and expected cuts in funding, Superintendent Wally Cox recommended cutting 45.5 full-time instructional and administrative positions in the 2009-10 budget including 43 (5 percent) school-level teaching positions. ...more

February 26, 2009

Those seeking a part-time teaching position need not apply at this time to the School Board of Highlands County, which has a hiring freeze on substitute teachers. ...more

December 21, 2008

Harry Hubbard was told Monday by the Middleton High administration that he is no longer the school's football coach. ...more

December 16, 2008

Harry Hubbard was told Monday morning by the Middleton High administration that he is no longer the school's head football coach. ...more

December 15, 2008

The school district will face a "big" funding cut in 2009-10, Superintendent Wally Cox said, unless something changes drastically. ...more

November 23, 2008

The city is paying almost $24,500 in back pay and other costs to former police Chief Russell Barnes and former police Sgt. Robert Perrault, both of whom resigned last month. ...more

September 5, 2008

Principal Kim Pietsch is excited to be back at Chiles Elementary, where she was an assistant principal from 2001 to 2005. ...more

August 13, 2008

The search for the next Gulf boys basketball coach will last at least one more week. ...more

August 8, 2008