Bay area high-school students hope to persuade state legislators to make teenagers wear headsets to use cell phones while driving and to give mandatory jail time to teachers who have sex with students. ...more

March 26, 2009

Chalk outlines of 88 bodies greeted students as they arrived this morning at Gaither High School, a homicide-style reminder of the number of Floridians estimated to die daily from tobacco use. The efforts are part of the 14th annual Kick Butts Day, sponsored nationally by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Students from dozens of schools from Hillsborough and Pinellas were to rally this afternoon at Al Lopez Park. ...more

March 25, 2009

Their work makes a difference - along the shoreline of Tampa Bay and further inland. ...more

March 25, 2009

The Suncoast Singers and Tarpon Springs Rotary Club will join forces in a fundraiser to provide scholarships for Tarpon Springs High School students. ...more

March 21, 2009

If you're crazy about fresh strawberries and don't mind getting your fingers stained with strawberry juice, you can save some money by visiting one of several strawberry farms in the Plant City area now open for U-pick. ...more

March 20, 2009

Two high school students have been arrested on charges that they deliberately set fire to a girlfriend's house. ...more

March 18, 2009

For the seventh year in a row, the Krewe of the South Shore Marauders will take a break from their pillaging and plundering ways to help area high school students get into college. ...more

March 18, 2009

Face-painting, giant inflatable slides, a rock climbing wall and, what's this? A row of ancient weapons of mass destruction lined up on the Hudson High School football field? The school held its fourth annual medieval festival Friday, and as students poured onto the field it looked like they were leaving their studies behind for two hours of fun and fantasy. ...more

March 18, 2009

High-school students would have to pass the FCAT and higher-level math and science courses to receive diplomas under a plan Republicans are pushing in the state House and Senate. ...more

March 18, 2009

It is still dark an hour before school starts, when 30 Sulphur Springs Elementary students sit down in front of computers or gather in groups to work on math and science. Pancakes help. ...more

March 15, 2009