IN UNIFORM ROTC GRADUATES: These Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) members graduated from the Leader's Training Course: ...more

November 25, 2009

Josh Chapin knew the kid playing high school basketball for him was something special. ...more

November 4, 2009

Theo Smalling, a Hampton University basketball player who attended Bloomingdale High School, died Monday night after being accidentally shot over the weekend in Virginia. Prosecutors in Hampton will have to determine whether to file manslaughter charges in the accidental shooting, the Daily Press in Newport News, Va., reported. ...more

October 27, 2009

In September Troop 610's Harrison Hatcher of Riverview became one of a small brotherhood in the history of Boy Scouting to have earned all 121 merit badges. ...more

October 21, 2009

The Community Roundtable announced the winning floats that participated in Brandon's 51st annual Fourth of July Parade. The winners are: ...more

July 7, 2009

Megan Biretz, 17, never had an easy life. Her single mom struggled to support her while battling cervical cancer, then complications. Family demons - alcoholism, drugs and mental illness - hovered over the household with three adults and one child. Then, in two short days in early March, even that precarious family life vanished. ...more

March 29, 2009

Megan Biretz, 17, never had an easy life. Her single mom struggled to support her while battling cervical cancer, then complications. Family demons — alcoholism, drugs and mental illness — hovered over the household with three adults and one child. Then, in two short days in early March, even that precarious family life vanished. ...more

March 27, 2009

By the time the 2009 season kicks off in the fall, the Brandon Valrico Rams should be ready to block, sack and tackle on a new home field. ...more

March 25, 2009

When the Hillsborough County Council of National Board Certified Teachers met March 14 in Brandon, The Tampa Tribune asked some of the more than three-dozen educators attending how they see the economy affecting their students. Here are some of their responses. ...more

March 21, 2009

Whoever said Latin was dead should have attended the Region 7 Latin Forum with 13 Brandon High School Junior Classical League members and their sponsor, Latin teacher Bill Seaman, Jan. 31 at Robinson High School. ...more

March 11, 2009