The Newsome High School girls' volleyball team has been having one of its best seasons ever, despite a poor showing at the 25th Annual Tampa Bay Invitational Dig Pink Tournament at the University of Tampa Oct. 9. As of Oct. 20, the team was 10-2 overall, 5-1 in districts and is now playing in the District 5A tournament, which ends this week. Head Coach Kate Correa, who played for Tampa Preparatory School and Pepperdine University, said although the team finished second from last in the invitational tournament, overall, the team has been outstanding. She cited seniors Hillary Byrd and Lauren Zellmer for their contributions and leadership this season. ...more

October 30, 2009

The victims of the Sept. 11 attacks were remembered today at a ceremony that included a moment of silence, prayers and an honor guard. ...more

September 11, 2009

When the season began last fall, new Newsome High School hockey coach Dan Rondeau knew something had to change. ...more

April 1, 2009

We know that gangs cannot exist without members, and that they prey upon and recruit vulnerable children. ...more

March 18, 2009

For over a year, Chris Carter has been carefully looking where he would score a college education. ...more

January 30, 2009

For the past 18 years the Brandon Lions Club has hosted a Christmas party for foster children referred by Melvin "Mac" MacNeel, executive director of Foster Angels of Hillsborough County. This year almost 30 children attended the Dec. 11 gathering at the Brandon Lions Clubhouse. ...more

December 24, 2008

The Newsome High School Chamber Choir, led by Jeff Bogue, was one of several area high school choirs chosen to perform a selection by Tim Janis for a WEDU television program called "Tim Janis: Celebrate America." The vocalists were recorded Nov. 11 singing Janis' arrangement of "America the Beautiful." The show will air on WEDU in March. ...more

November 19, 2008

A large, white cross was lifted by a 60-foot-tall crane Oct. 15 onto the top of the church building being constructed at a second campus of St. John the Divine Episcopal Church on East Del Webb Boulevard. ...more

November 19, 2008

Former Newsome High School girls soccer coach Ronald Eugene Lewis was placed on a year of house arrest and nine years of probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 17-year-old student. ...more

November 13, 2008

Former Newsome High School girls soccer coach Ronald Eugene Lewis was placed on a year of house arrest and nine years of probation today after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 17-year-old student. ...more

November 12, 2008