LAND O' LAKES - Six students at Pine View Elementary School in Land O' Lakes were bitten by ticks this month, according to the Pasco County school district. Assistant Superintendent David Scanga thought the children might have picked up the ticks on the playground, so after the school discovered the problem, the campus was sprayed to get rid of the parasites. ...more

December 17, 2009

I would like to share with the public that I attended the Christmas parade in Brooksville Saturday morning. ...more

December 16, 2009

Enlightening meeting Thursday night, I attended the special school board meeting concerning the moving of the Quest Academy to ease the overcrowding at Explorer K-8. ...more

December 12, 2009

Lack of communication, action prompts mother to act. ...more

December 9, 2009

No charges will be filed against the parents of a Valrico toddler who fell through an opening in a septic tank and drowned last month. Luis Martinez, 2, was reported missing Nov. 27 from his home at 4114 Silver Lane, and searchers found his body the next day in a septic tank near the front of the small mobile home park where he lived. ...more

December 9, 2009

A Tenoroc High School student died Tuesday evening after being struck by a car as he walked home from school Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 8, 2009

Q. My 5-year-old son had the first swine flu vaccine. Is it important to get the second one? I am not sure about mercury content. Is it possible to get swine flu protection from first vaccine? - Lada, Maryland ...more

December 2, 2009

Scalpers got their hands on so many tickets for Miley Cyrus' 2007 tour — e-selling some for as much as $2,500 — that many fans were left empty-handed. ...more

December 1, 2009

SEBRING The idea for the Backseat Guardian came one day when a teenaged driver cut in front of a car, almost causing an accident. ...more

November 30, 2009

All day today, people came to pay their respects and say prayers at the memorial covered with dozens of candles and teddy bears in memory of 2-year-old Luis Martinez, who was found dead near his home Saturday. ...more

November 29, 2009