At the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, an investigator occasionally goes into Internet chat rooms and poses as a teenage girl. ...more

November 1, 2009

It's Halloween, the unofficial national day of candy consumption. In just a few hours, your little darlings will be coming home with their haul of Lemonheads, Sour Skittles and Kit Kat Bars. And you will once again bemoan the junk and its power to destroy kids' appetite for anything remotely healthful. ...more

October 31, 2009

Middle and high school students who care about good health are invited to produce public service announcements as part of the Florida KidCare Act-Out for Health Contest. ...more

September 19, 2009

Pasco high school students who wear their seat belts could get a chill during their safe ride Monday. ...more

September 18, 2009

The New Tampa Junior Woman's Club has named eight winners of the organization's 2009 scholarships award. ...more

September 2, 2009

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey social studies teacher has been charged with accepting cash from students looking to improve their grades. ...more

August 31, 2009

After considering a price increase, the school district's food service director told the school board recently that lunch prices will not be going up at this time. ...more

August 2, 2009

The public is invited to an open house at the new One Poly Place, 107 W. Center Ave. No. 3, Sebring, on Tuesday, June 23 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ...more

June 22, 2009

At the Florida State Fairgrounds May 28, 490 Newsome High School students walked across the stage to accept their high school diplomas. The excitement and anticipation before the ceremony inside Expo Hall was electric. ...more

June 3, 2009

Florida health officials said this morning that state laboratories testing samples for swine flu have sent three suspected samples to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The samples came from cases in Broward, Lee and Orange counties, they said. ...more

April 30, 2009