LAND O' LAKES - When Tanner Stocker began playing football as a sixth-grader, he was immediately transfixed on the quarterback position. ...more

November 21, 2008

How a package is wrapped can be misleading. Such is the scenario with 11-year-old Sheela Ranganathan, a Liberty Middle School sixth-grader. ...more

November 19, 2008

Grace Fredlake and her younger sister, Hannah, compete at everything. ...more

September 24, 2008

Gloria Tesch, a 14-year-old Tarpon Springs High School ninth-grader from Palm Harbor, has written an 800-page novel. It is the first installment in a planned trilogy. ...more

September 20, 2008

He's only 11, but Jordan Ramus might be destined for greatness - or at least the December cover of Sports Illustrated Kids. ...more

September 20, 2008

About 100 members of a local group can boast of a family heritage that is as old as the United States. ...more

September 16, 2008

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Three Leopards tally 10 or more points as Parrott completes sweep of host Powell. JV WIN KEEPS PURPLE & GOLD UNBEATEN AT 3-0 ...more

September 9, 2008

In a year when personal narratives are primed to trump policy positions as persuaders of the electorate, it is helpful to be reminded that biography often is not destiny. Not that you would have gathered that from either major party's (now blessedly concluded) national conventions. ...more

September 5, 2008

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6287 invites middle school students in grades six through eight to enter its annual Patriot's Pen Essay Competition. ...more

September 3, 2008

Most 11-year-olds who punch and kick others can expect to be punished. Steffanie Brown, however, is rewarded. In fact, the junior black belt has received 29 awards for her sparring matches in karate. The past two years, she has qualified to participate in national tournaments. ...more

August 31, 2008