Olin Mott provides a useful reminder of what can be accomplished with common sense, commitment and a big heart. ...more

August 13, 2008

This will be the last What Works column. I reserve the right to report occasionally on any program I run across that shows results in saving the lives and futures of African-American kids. But this is the last in the series I started 19 months ago to spotlight such programs. ...more

July 22, 2008

VENICE - Three teenagers were charged with various crimes Tuesday after brawls broke out at a private Venice school for troubled students, according to Venice police. The incident began at 2:36 p.m. at the Gulf Coast Marine Institute on Venice Island when two girls at the school got into an argument. An administrator physically restrained one girl and another student attacked the administrator. ...more

May 7, 2008