Paola Guerrero kept a secret from most of her Thomas Jefferson High School classmates until her graduation speech Thursday night. ...more

May 30, 2008

Forty-six teams raised $150,000 for cancer research and local patient services by walking a combined 150,000 miles overnight. ...more

May 21, 2008

Dozens of students at Alafia Elementary School are getting an early start learning the importance of fiscal responsibility, thanks to a pilot ...more

February 9, 2008

Michael Desmond has started saving for college, stashing away money he earns washing and waxing his parents' cars. ...more

February 9, 2008

Michael Desmond has started saving for college, stashing away money he earns washing and waxing his parents' cars. ...more

February 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Prekindergarten students at Kids' Stuff Preschool in Land O' Lakes went on a Christmas shopping spree Dec. 19 and 20 at Kmart in Land O' Lakes, spending money earned through household chores and parent donations on toys and clothes. ...more

December 26, 2007

PLANT CITY - a viewing for Jordan Hays, the 9-year-old boy who died in the Plant City Christmas Parade last week, is set for 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at Chas E. Davis Funeral Home, 3075 S. Florida Ave., Inverness. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Floral City United Methodist Church, 8480 E. Marvin St., in Floral City. ...more

December 13, 2007

Every year about this time, snowbirds return en masse to South Shore from their summer homes up North. Here's a recap highlighting some of the stories that appeared in the paper from June through September: ...more

November 5, 2007

In an effort to give back to the communities it serves, Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union has introduced a new innovative check card to aid education. ...more

October 20, 2007

Tracey Alderman's Orient Road Jail mug shot from 1996 shows a freckle-faced teen with a frightened expression under a head of thick red hair. He was 18. ...more

September 14, 2007