This article appeared in The St. Petersburg Times in August 1997: Joey Holloway remembers quieter days. Born and raised in Land O’Lakes, Holloway, 36, recalls days when traffic whispered through town. Now it roars. “Everything’s moving north up here,” said Holloway, owner of Holloway’s Farm Supply on U.S. 41. “Tampa’s filling up. People are coming here to…
This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in December 2012: Orange County Schools may take the unprecedented step of putting school resource officers in elementary schools in the wake of Friday’s shootings in Newtown, Conn. For at least this week, before breaking for the holiday, law enforcement officers are on campus in collaboration with the Orange County Sheriff’s…
This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in January 2013: DURHAM — Public charter schools in Durham could more than double in the next two years. As of last week, the state Department of Public Instruction had received 161 letters of intent for new charters. Of those, 11 are in Durham, including one virtual school. It’s not quite the…
This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in March 2013: DURHAM — While the state’s rate of reportable crimes in schools dropped slightly last year, the rate in Durham Public Schools took an unpleasant climb – especially when it comes to alcohol, drugs and weapons. Overall, reported crimes in grades K-12 for DPS jumped from 277 in 2010-11…
