TAMPA, Fla. — Melissa Merchant believes it is important for her students to love reading, and said she's worked hard to create a classroom that helps foster that. A reading and writing teacher at ...

(Editor's note: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell to the Carolina Panthers, 23-20, on Dec. 21 in the battle for first place in the NFC South Division.) Getting into the playoffs hasn't been easy for the ...

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Florida A&M University student Mardochee Simon died from health-related issues just days before his graduation. Friends and family remember the Fort Myers native as a kind, energetic person who valued ...

Roberto Fernandez was just one class shy from graduating when he stepped away from FIU in 1975 to focus on his growing accounting business. Now, 50 years later, he has returned to finish what he ...

Florida A&M University drum major Oluwamodupe “Dupe” Oloyede chose tradition and team over the tassel, postponing her graduation until the spring to lead the Marching 100 one final time. Oloyede took ...

Surrounded by loved ones and each other, 13 students in the fall 2025 cohort of the Lincoln University Law Enforcement Training Academy (LULETA) graduated Friday evening. Taking the stage inside ...

The Michigan Youth Challenge Academy will hold a graduation ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13. The event will take place at 10 a.m. at Marshall High School, 701 N. Marshall Ave. The ceremony will ...

Daisy Calso grew up wanting to be a cop, and for a woman who could do 82 consecutive push-ups — more than her husband, by the way — she seemed born for it. But on one sweltering day last year, the ...