Four Blake High School visual art students recently completed a stained-glass panel for display in the school's guidance office lobby. ...more

May 31, 2008

Closing with a 25-foot putt for birdie, Tom Purtzer put a dent in Oak Hill Country Club's stingy reputation to take the lead after the second round of the Senior PGA Championship on Friday. ...more

May 24, 2008

It has been a long time since Scott Kazmir walked off the mound at the Naimoli Complex after feeling something in his left elbow while warming up for an intrasquad game, initiating a saga that will finally come to an end today. ...more

May 4, 2008

Ambulance drivers are spending more time jockeying through traffic this time of year thanks to a spike in flu patients who require emergency medical care. ...more

February 24, 2008

Higher grades are in store for Hillsborough County's nearly 50,000 high school students when they are handed their first-semester report cards in a couple of weeks. ...more

January 12, 2008

Leo Presley punched his pregnant girlfriend on the left eye Sunday and hid under a bed from deputies, Hillsborough County authorities say. ...more

December 10, 2007

SEBRING — A software program originally developed to improve the singing of children and adults also helps students improve their reading. The program, SingingCoach from Electronic Leaning Products, Inc., Tampa, teaches users to sing in tune and in rhythm while providing real-time pitch tracking. The University of South Florida performed a study, with sixth, seventh and eighth-graders to determine its effect on the reading fluency and comprehension of struggling readers. ...more

December 6, 2007

SEBRING — How many unexcused absences are too many? School Board Member Andy Tuck is alarmed at the nearly 7,700 unexcused absences district-wide in the first nine weeks of school. It's hard to hold teachers accountable when kids don't come to school, he said. Several students have already missed more than 10 days of school. Highlands County School District data shows 43 middle school students (1.5 percent) were absent 10 or more days during the first nine weeks of the school year. At the elementary level, 57 students (1 percent) were absent 10 or more days during the same time period, Aug. 20 through Oct. 24. At the high school level, only five students (one-tenth of 1 percent) were absent 10 or more days. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - With all due respect to the New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts and any other NFC team with a winning record, I'm not sure there's another team in the NFL that can truly match what the Bucs have done this year. ...more

November 8, 2007

Walking through the auditorium of Common Ground Christian Church in Seminole Heights on Tuesday, the Rev. Danny Schaffner noticed one of the digital thermostats was blank. ...more

November 8, 2007