Hernando County Schools Superintendent Wayne Alexander is staying after all. ...more

February 11, 2009

More than 3,500 students will be shuffled among different high schools now that the Hillsborough County School Board has approved new attendance zones. ...more

February 11, 2009

More than 3,500 students will be shuffled among different high schools now that the Hillsborough County School Board has approved new attendance zones. ...more

February 10, 2009

A group of area business leaders is seeking to help the community make sense of how federal funds are gong to shore up the nation's financial market. It should be a useful exercise. ...more

February 6, 2009

The school district's principals and other administrators won't get raises this year after all. ...more

February 5, 2009

TAMPA Ryan Desort's mom, Karol, picked him up from Coleman Middle School and confronted him about a message left on her cell phone. ...more

January 28, 2009

Highlands County School Board members, as well as school Superintendent Wally Cox and his staff, have worked hard to find cuts in the district's budget. Diminished revenue puts the squeeze on everyone. A comment tossed out during a recent meeting, however, caught a lot of attention. It was mentioned that perhaps junior varsity sports should be cut. ...more

January 25, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio this morning made an impassioned pitch for a Tampa-centric rail plan to members of TBARTA, the region's transportation authority, saying the system's first leg could be built in five or six years if approved by voters in a 2010 referendum. ...more

January 23, 2009

As expected, the Hernando School Board has hired an attorney to go after what the district claims is nearly $1 million in back taxes owed by the owners of Brooksville and Spring Hill Regional hospitals. ...more

January 23, 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