High school students love their bling, so when they choose a class ring they sometimes pay $550 or more for the privilege of wearing their school pride on their fingers. ...more

May 28, 2008

Carmen Nunez was escorted to a dance at the Brandon Community Center recently by the same gentleman who was by her side at her 1947 high school prom - her husband of 60 years, Philip Nunez. ...more

May 23, 2008

The Florida Senate will not renew House Bill 461, the state's high school steroid-testing bill, Florida High School Athletic Association spokeswoman Cristina Alvarez confirmed Thursday. ...more

May 23, 2008

Candace Parker, the Tennessee All-America forward who made dunking in women's basketball almost commonplace, ended all the speculation. ...more

February 22, 2008

Hillsborough County high school athletes can transfer to just about any school they want in a system coaches say has come to mirror the NFL or NBA. ...more

February 1, 2008

Hillsborough County high school students want to turn their cell phones on during lunch, take more online classes and paint classroom walls more scintillating colors. ...more

January 30, 2008

Suzanne Pleshette, best known for her role as Bob Newhart's wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died, just days before a ceremony honoring her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...more

January 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Shaking your sillies out might not be the typical order of the day at the Land O' Lakes Branch Library. But during the Friday morning toddler and preschool story times, such behavior is encouraged. ...more

December 11, 2007

Hillsborough County schools' graduation rate increased nearly 2 percentage points in 2006-07 over the previous school year with a slight improvement in the dropout rate, the state reported Friday. ...more

December 1, 2007

America Ferrera has won another honor for her portrayal of the title character on ABC's "Ugly Betty." ...more

November 30, 2007