Area school buses burn through barrels of diesel as they transport tens of thousands of students. Soaring diesel prices are burning through school budgets.

A team of Newport High School students spent part of last week at the SkillsUSA Kentucky Leadership and Skill Conference and brought home some awards.

A graphic display comparing abortion to the Holocaust and genocide will be at Northern Kentucky University this week.

For the first time since the team started four years ago, Highlands High School's Mock Trial Team is heading to the national competition in May.

FLORENCE - Boone County High School's PTSA will hold an election for next year's officers 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 in the school's commons area, 7056 Burlington Pike, Florence.

On Friday, April 18, Ockerman Middle School will hold its annual "Camp OMS: Civil War Day."

VERONA - Fifth-grade students at Walton-Verona Elementary School know a little something about business.

VERONA - When Tom Williams, 15-year veteran principal of Walton-Verona Elementary, retires at the end of this school year, a familiar face will look to lead the evolving school into the future.

HEBRON - Boone County Schools, like many districts across the nation, stress the importance of technology in the classroom.

ERLANGER - Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson smiled as he watched the debate rage on the Senate floor.

GRANT'S LICK - Fred Strange, 57, of Alexandria has been giving high five's to people in the halls at Grant's Lick Elementary School for years, and that's only part of the reason he's in the final...

CALIFORNIA - Sts. Peter & Paul School's pre-kindergarten program has been certified with a three out of four stars rating from the state's STARS for Kids Now program.

FORT THOMAS - Highlands High School freshman Will Modrall never really imagined what it would be like to live without arms.

NEWPORT - Recently the Newport School Board of Education honored four seventh-grade Newport Middle School students that qualified and participated in the Duke University Talent Identification...

The Bishop Brossart Cheerleading team will hold its annual clinic from April 22-24 in the Bishop Brossart High School gym from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tryouts will then be held April 26.

High honors

NEWPORT - Students at Fourth Street Elementary School are enjoying a newly renovated library after an "Extreme Makeover" by the Kentucky Education Association Student Program (KEA-SP).

FORT THOMAS - For the first time since the team started four years ago, Highlands High School's Mock Trial Team is heading to the national competition in May.

NEWPORT - A team of Newport High School students spent part of last week at the SkillsUSA Kentucky Leadership and Skill Conference and brought home some awards.

Newport Central Catholic is celebrating its 20th year of musical productions with a Disney classic.

FORT THOMAS - The current construction at Highlands High School means there will be some changes for students when they come back from Spring break Monday, April 14.

The Highlands High School Mock Trial Team placed first out of 40 teams at the Kentucky State Mock Trial Competition March 29-30.

NEWPORT - Newport Central Catholic is celebrating its 20th year of musical productions with a Disney classic.

All "A" honor roll third quarter

ALEXANDRIA - The Campbell County Athletic Boosters annual yard mulch fundraiser will help student athletes avoid a trip away from school to see a physical therapist while recovering from an injury.

The faces of child abuse as drawn by the fourth-grade students of Sts. Peter and Paul School in California have scratches and bruises.