Florida reopened schools earlier than some states but faces the same challenges of large shares of students missing a lot of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high absenteeism in public schools statewide, and five years later thousands of students miss ...

Ivan Flores didn’t love school before the pandemic hit, but his views soured more when he did ninth grade online and off campus. “I was just at home doing nothing, waking up late, missing assignments, ...

The Evart Housing Commission is accepting applications for the CHILL grant home repair funding for eligible homeowners in Osceola County. To find out more, or to check eligibility for funding contact ...

A verbal dispute over a food order at a Checkers restaurant in Florida escalated into a fatal shooting on Wednesday evening, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies responded to a ...

The MISD, Manistee County Board of Commissioners and the Manistee County Sheriff's Office worked together to create a school liaison/truancy officer position. Sheriff deputy Jason Traeger has taken on ...

2 arrested in date night robbery scheme in Osceola County Gavin Newsom defies Senate vote: 'Illegal' Pee-wee Herman and the secret, complicated world of the man behind him: ‘I didn’t see him ...

Marion County — Two Marion County parents have been jailed for not ensuring their children were in school. Marion County Truancy Court Judge Brad King sentenced one parent to six months and another ...

Sheriff Marcos R. Lopez and the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) are hosting the third annual Human Trafficking & Drug Abuse Awareness Conference. The event's purpose is to educate and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District released data showing how often it referred kids to truancy court ... (Source: Williamson County Constable Office Precinct 3 body camera ...

WETUMPKA − Student absentee rates in Elmore County and Tallassee City school systems have dropped more than 6% thanks to new anti-truancy efforts, officials say. Chronic absenteeism is ...