It was a candidate cattle call, complete with a cowbell. ...more

October 24, 2008

It was a candidate cattle call, complete with a cowbell. More than two dozen candidates for seats ranging from school board to Congress each got a few minutes of air time Thursday at the Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce's annual forum at the County Government Center. ...more

October 24, 2008

Truancy is more than a student and school problem, retired educator Gabriel Read believes, it's a community problem that will take a united effort of counties and individuals to toughen the state's truancy law. ...more

October 24, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Retiring school board member Marge Whaley still has one board meeting to go, but her colleagues decided to give her a rousing send-off early. ...more

October 23, 2008

Longtime school board member Jim Malcolm broke his silence Tuesday. ...more

October 22, 2008

It's experience versus change in the state House District 57 race. Three-term Republican incumbent Faye Culp faces first-time Democratic candidate Yvonne Yolie Capin. The district covers South Tampa and portions of Town 'N Country and Westchase. ...more

October 19, 2008

A central figure who helped forge a much-criticized relationship between Lowry Park Zoo and its CEO's for-profit exotic-animal park has resigned from the zoo's board of directors. ...more

October 18, 2008

TAMPA - A central figure who helped forge a much-criticized relationship between Lowry Park Zoo and its CEO's for-profit exotic-animal park has resigned from the zoo's board of directors. ...more

October 17, 2008

A few steps from their classroom, Avon Park High construction technology students donned hardhats and safety glasses Wednesday to visit the construction site on their campus. ...more

October 16, 2008

as well as longtime school board member Marge Whaley - wants voters to take a leap Nov. 4 and elect an under-qualified teacher as the next superintendent of schools. ...more

October 15, 2008