It happened so fast. One moment 16-year-old Juan Hernandez-Huapilla and his older sister were doing what untold numbers of students had done before them: running to catch the school bus. ...more

December 19, 2009

Dunedin Middle School was put in lockout status for the entire school day today, school officials said. ...more

April 23, 2009

Christy Lynn Martin may have made bail this weekend after she was arrested on charges she sent pornographic pictures of herself to a 14-year-old boy's cell phone. But now the Azalea Middle School teacher has no place to live. ...more

March 9, 2009

A 12-year-old student suspended for sporting a Tampa Bay Rays mohawk is back in the academic lineup. Zachary Sharples has transferred to a middle school in Pinellas County where his display of team spirit won't get him benched for being a potential disruption. ...more

October 9, 2008

A former track coach at St. Petersburg High School was arrested Monday, accused of having a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student, St. Petersburg police said. Lee Edward Fictum, 32, of Pinellas Park, was charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor, jail records say. He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on $250,000 bail. Fictum developed a personal relationship with the girl that turned sexual in the summer of 2007, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. The girl's father became aware of the relationship and then made a report to St. Petersburg police, Proffitt said. ...more

October 7, 2008

A Largo elementary school teacher was arrested Wednesday, accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenager, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 25, 2008

A Largo elementary school teacher was arrested today, accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenager, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 24, 2008

Countryside High School students went home a half-hour early today after a fence contractor accidentally damaged a gas line, Pinellas County School District spokeswoman Andrea Zahn said. ...more

September 18, 2008

For the second year in a row, Pinellas County elementary school lunch programs have scored the highest marks in the nation for nutrition. ...more

September 11, 2008

For the second year in a row, Pinellas County elementary school lunch programs have scored the highest marks in the nation for nutrition. ...more

September 10, 2008