Friday May 18 | St. Petersburg Times
Middleton High's focus on students pays off in higher reading scores
More focus on students' needs as well as a new reading coach and reading resource teacher helped boost state reading scores this year at Middleton High School in Tampa.
HART balances rising ridership with tight finances
Staring at a $1.5 million budget shortfall next year, HART will propose increasing some bus fares by 25 cents in November and combining and trimming some of the express routes.
Area businesses express concern over tax-exempt competition
Kids R Kids Southshore in Kings Lake Plaza on Big Bend Road is just one of the many private child care facilities in South County that picks children up after school in its own bus and takes them to their after school program.
Veterans Expressway Plan Includes Removal of Manned Toll Plazas
Motorists who use the Veterans Expressway will enjoy smoother sailing in the years ahead as a $236.1 million widening project moves forward.
Family of four escapes fire, pets killed
TOWN N COUNTRY, Fla. - A family of four escaped a Town n Country house fire, but lost their two pets in the flames overnight.