CLEARWATER -- The 15-year-old accused of plotting with his girlfriend to kill her mother by burning her while she slept was ordered held without bond this morning. Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Judge Irene Sullivan denied bond for Jack Ault after an advisory first appearance in juvenile court. ...more

December 30, 2009

TONIGHT'S GAME WHO: Lightning at Calgary Flames WHEN: 8 p.m. ...more

March 1, 2009

As any student of geometry should know, it only takes two points to create a line. On the other hand, it's better to have more than two points if you want that line to accurately describe a trend. So we're not prepared to draw too many dire conclusions from the second of two rather hasty departures by principals at Moon Lake Elementary School. That might change if there are any additions soon to this particular set of data points. ...more

January 24, 2009

Moon Lake Elementary School is in the market for a principal - again. ...more

January 22, 2009

TAMPA A jury has acquitted Amos Mequel Busby of charges he grabbed a woman off a South Tampa street and repeatedly raped her for three hours, even though testimony indicates his DNA was found on her. The jury deliberated for about 3 hours before acquitting Busby on all charges. He had been charged with kidnapping and seven counts of sexual battery the morning of Aug. 11, 2005. ...more

December 17, 2008

TAMPA - Prosecutors called a parade of police officers and crime scene investigators to the witness stand this morning, hoping to establish the forensic foundation to convict Amos Mequel Busby of kidnapping a woman and repeatedly raping her for three hours. ...more

December 16, 2008

A woman repeatedly raped after friends left her at a South Tampa bar in 2005 admitted today from the witness stand that details of the night are still sketchy. ...more

December 15, 2008

A former military instructor at Sarasota High School was sentenced to 12 years in prison for luring a student into sex acts. ...more

October 16, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — A former military instructor at Sarasota High School was sentenced to 12 years in prison for luring a student into sex acts. ...more

October 15, 2008

Crews Lake Middle School, standing three stories tall on Shady Hills Road, is an imposing structure that can intimidate sixth-graders who are just a few months removed from one-story elementary schools. ...more

August 17, 2008