• Estero High past: Clover cracking down on tardiness at EHS Published 08/18/2007 at 6 a.m.

  Jessica Dilley has had after-school detention at Estero High School three times in the past few months. It is unusual for the 17-year-old junior to spend so much time after school. "It's only 30 minutes, but I have to work. ...

• At Greyhound Track, it's a sure bet Derby crowd put dollars on 'Sense' Updated 05/05/2007 at 8:59 p.m.

  Beep Jones held court at three round tables this evening. But there was no room for King Arthur or his knights. These were Kentucky Derby tables, baby. Jones, a native of Louisville, and his buddies had premium seats in front ...

• Victims identified in head-on crash in Estero Updated 05/05/2007 at 9:16 p.m.

  Three people were killed — including two children — and four were hurt in a head-on collision Saturday on Corkscrew Road in Estero. A witness to the crash said he could hear a child crying inside one of the vehicles.

• Father may know best but daughter ‘got better grades’ Updated 05/04/2007 at 11:12 p.m.

  Julie Thornton had an unlikely study partner when she enrolled in Edison College. She calls him, “Dad.” Thornton, 23, and her father, Greg Archambault, 51, were two of 858 students who graduated from the Lee County campus of Edison College ...

• 2 decades after he started, Edison student to graduate Updated 05/04/2007 at 4 p.m.

  Tim Fjelsted calls the degree he will receive this evening from Edison College his 21-year degree. It took the 43-year-old graduate of Riverdale High School more than two decades to complete his two-year associate’s of science degree in drafting. A ...

• Lee beats state FCAT reading scores Updated 05/02/2007 at 10:11 p.m.

  The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores released Wednesday were more than just a number for thousands of third-graders and high school students. Those scores from the Department of Education told students whether they would advance to fourth grade or graduation.

• Fire districts bracing for state decision on property taxes Published 04/30/2007 at 9:42 p.m.

  Local fire districts are busy crunching numbers to find out how badly they could get burned if the Legislature makes drastic cuts to property tax revenues.

• Lee students nearly mirror state FCAT writing scores Updated 04/26/2007 at 1:32 p.m.

  Lee County students equaled or fell slightly below state averages on the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The Department of Education released the test scores for the writing exam on Wednesday.

• The price of lunch going up in Lee County schools Published 04/24/2007 at 7:14 p.m.

  The Lee School District has come up with a staggered, three-year plan to raise lunch prices by 40 cents. District officials have said the higher meal prices are necessary to keep the food services department from being more than $2 ...

• Is too much technology not good for children? Published 04/22/2007 at 10:05 p.m.

  Three good sounds. That is all speech pathologist Marti Sheff Hanson wanted from her young patient. Hanson piled paper pieces representing bread, ham, lettuce and cheese on the small wooden table where she sat across from 3-year-old Rollie Craig at ...

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