With graduation approaching, the Northwest News & Tribune wants to offer high school seniors the opportunity of expressing themselves in print. ...more

May 20, 2008

Edie Restall sits on a curb in the East Bay High School parking lot, taking bites from a sandwich in a fast-food wrapper, while her daughter talks to a friend. ...more

May 10, 2008

SEBRING — Thomas and Lillian Linton don't claim to have the secret to love, but they have each other, and that's been enough to last them 70 years and counting. ...more

February 14, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - If you think the Pasco softball team is complacent with finishing second in the state in Class 4A last season, think again. ...more

February 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Terri Dusek and Tina Gibbons didn't like what they heard. The teacher who coached the majorettes at Pine View Middle School had transferred to Rushe Middle, and unless someone stepped forward, the majorettes would be no more. ...more

February 2, 2008

While most people her age are focused on midterms, prom and graduation, Taylor Swift has other things on her mind. Other things such as a 2 million-selling debut CD and a Grammy nomination for best new artist. ...more

January 24, 2008

Latoya Patrick, 19, of Brooksville, is excited about her graduation at the Institute of Technology, West Campus, on Sunday. She was among the 28 graduates from Pasco and Hernando counties to receive their home health care and certified nursing assistant certificates. Here, some graduates shake off nervousness and get ready for the ceremony, including (from left behind Patrick) Simone Callum of Brooksville, Nicole Danese of Spring Hill, Emily Tzobanakis of Spring Hill, Erica Kincade of Brooksville and Farrah Badger of Brooksville. ...more

January 22, 2008

Eric Dungy didn't know anything about Plant High School's football team until he Googled it on the Internet. ...more

January 14, 2008

Cold, hard, cash has always been "legal tender for all debts public and private" in the U.S.A. It says so right on the face of every dollar bill. That means it's accepted everywhere, right? Wrong. Next time you want to rent a car, don't offer to pay cash. It will probably be refused. Recently, I reserved a car with a major nationwide rental company, via the Internet. But when my husband and I went to pick up the vehicle, the local office of that company insisted we present a major credit card, which we did not have in hand at the time. Then they even refused cash on the barrelhead as an alternative. We use only debit cards; it keeps us from spending money we don't have. With virtually every other business in town, that makes us the very best, most-preferred, kind of customers, but not at this establishment. ...more

December 23, 2007