Now in its third year, Freshman Foundation data shows mixed progress in improving attendance, grades and discipline, while lowering the dropout rate of the county's ninth-graders. ...more

February 3, 2009

They could have gone black-tie but decided on boots and jeans instead. ...more

October 8, 2008

Leadership Hernando hosts casual, Western-themed fundraiser. ...more

October 8, 2008

Plant City native Pam Walden has been appointed Hillsborough County schools supervisor of agribusiness and natural resources, a post left vacant by the recent retirement of Jim Jeffries. ...more

July 9, 2008

SEBRING –– Those who know Mario Trevino from his younger days remember the "baker boy" who helped in his father's bakery and even sold bread out of a van. These days Trevino is more likely to be sitting behind the desk as a Merrill Lynch financial advisor, teaching clients how to manage their money better. But banker or baker, Trevino has been a big believer in hard work. "I've been through the school of hard knocks and have learned to do all the things other people aren't willing to do." When his father started a Mexican bakery and grocery store, which grew to three locations before the hurricanes put them out of business, all of the family worked there. ...more

October 8, 2007