LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board will hold off on deciding whether to fire a Weightman Middle School teacher with a history of excessive absences. ...more

February 19, 2009

A commuter plane that smashed into a house apparently plunged flat to the ground rather than nose-diving, ending up pointed away from the airport it was trying to reach, investigators said Saturday. ...more

February 15, 2009

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