TEMPLE TERRACE - They made headlines five years ago and were back in the news this year when their reward money couldn't be found. Jarvarious Jones and Oscar Carter did a good deed in 2002 and were finally old enough to collect the reward money this year. The then-13-year-olds found $4,000 in cash near their Greco Middle bus stop and turned the money over to authorities. ...more

January 2, 2008

I am a volunteer at a local youth correctional facility. I deal with youths 13 to 18 years old on a daily basis. Almost every youth I have dealt with in the last two years has one thing in common: They all think they are gangster thugs. ...more

December 15, 2007

PLANT CITY - With no new leads and no break in the case, the owners of two slain and mutilated baby pigs decided to turn up the heat by placing a half-page newspaper advertisement. ...more

November 23, 2007

With an empty martini glass at her elbow, teenager Serena van der Woodsen, star of the CW's 'Gossip Girl,' leans against the tony Manhattan bar and blithely downs another vodka concoction, unscathed. ...more

October 21, 2007

Seven years ago, 13-year-old Lauren Nelson and a few friends entered an Internet chat room during a sleepover. Within a week, an online predator was e-mailing one of them lurid photos. ...more

October 4, 2007