Columbine changed everything. During a seminar for school administrators Tuesday at Crews Lake Middle School, Pasco County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Prescott emphasized how everything from law-enforcement responses to the ways schools handle crises was altered by the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. ...more

March 25, 2009

Columbine changed everything. During a seminar for school administrators today at Crews Lake Middle School, Pasco County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Prescott emphasized how everything from law-enforcement response to the ways schools handle crisis situations was altered by the 1999 massacre in Littleton, Colo. The presentation was attended by about 20 administrators from around the school district. "We used to set up a perimeter" if there was a shooter inside a school, said Prescott, who supervises the school district's school resource officers for the sheriff's office. "Now, it's entirely different. If there's a shooter in here, we'll be coming in, charging in." ...more

March 24, 2009

For the most part, I'm not a zero-tolerance proponent. ...more

December 10, 2008

For the most part, I'm not a zero-tolerance proponent. ...more

December 10, 2008

When he was running for president, Mike Huckabee had a reputation as a jokester on the campaign trail, especially during the Republican debates. A joke he told last week before about 6,000 members of the National Rifle Association, however, was not funny at all. Indeed, the quip was borderline incendiary. ...more

May 21, 2008

A former University of South Florida geography instructor was arrested on charges he made bomb threats against the American Red Cross, which he blamed for failing to pay his medical bills during a relief effort in Thailand. ...more

December 11, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A former University of South Florida geography instructor was arrested on charges he made bomb threats against the American Red Cross, which he blamed for failing to pay his medical bills during a relief effort in Thailand. ...more

December 11, 2007

GAINESVILLE The owner of the towing company involved in Florida safety Tony Joiner's burglary case said Saturday he received more than 200 threatening phone calls. ...more

October 7, 2007