Hillsborough County school officials' plan to build critical thinking skills in students through fun, engaging activities may not be as simple as it sounds, some experts say. ...more

March 15, 2009

A videotape shown in court Thursday appeared to have captured Andre Pierre-Charles implicating his older brother, Luc, in the 2006 killing of two Wesley Chapel High School students. ...more

March 13, 2009

A videotape shown in court today appeared to show Andre Pierre-Charles implicating his older brother, Luc, in the 2006 killing of two Wesley Chapel High School students. ...more

March 12, 2009

Plans to begin the first-degree murder trial of Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. on Wednesday went by the wayside as jury selection dragged on for a third day. ...more

March 12, 2009

It was checkbook time for the 10 students in the PACE Center for Girls classroom. ...more

March 6, 2009

A man was killed Wednesday afternoon when he lost control of a sport utility vehicle and crashed into a gas station pump on Shady Hills Road. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man was killed this afternoon when he lost control of a sport utility vehicle and crashed into a gas station pump on Shady Hills Road. ...more

March 4, 2009

Plant High School students Josh Munch, Quinn Ebright and Spencer Muratides, with friends Troy Cobb, who attends Seminole High School, and Evan Berggren, who goes to Southeast High School in Manatee County, became the Kick-It 3 V 3 Soccer Under-17 World Champions on the weekend of Jan. 17 to 19. The event was held at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, with the boys winning six games during three days to secure the title. ...more

March 4, 2009

Area high school students studying culinary arts will don their colors March 14 at the 17th annual Manatee Festival of the Arts. ...more

March 4, 2009

While working on the footers for a Habitat for Humanity home, Avon Park High School junior John Edwards finds he has a problem with wood splitting. ...more

March 4, 2009