A Department of Children & Families internal review found some managers at the agency's Tallahassee computer complex used racist slurs, creating a hostile work environment. ...more

December 21, 2008

A 63-year-old man was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning, charged with injuring his 8-year-old step-grandson by putting a coat hanger down his throat. ...more

November 20, 2008

Candice Clark, a small-time thief who snatched her toddler from Florida custody in 2006 and was arrested later in Wisconsin with a dead woman in her backyard and a severely abused boy in her closet, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. ...more

November 12, 2008

Candice Clark, a small-time thief who snatched her toddler from Florida custody in 2006 and was arrested later in Wisconsin with a dead woman in her back yard and a severely abused boy in her closet, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. ...more

November 11, 2008

"Let your fingers do the walking" might have become an obsolete phrase a few years ago. ...more

October 27, 2008

A teacher found an unloaded .38-caliber revolver in a student's backpack this morning at Leila G. Davis Elementary School. ...more

October 24, 2008

TAMPA – Former state Department of Children & Families spokesman Al Zimmerman pleaded not guilty today to child porn charges. ...more

October 23, 2008

Rene Vojnovic and her husband, Nick, decided last year to convert an investment property they purchased in 2001 into a permanent home for Sprouts early learning center. ...more

October 22, 2008

Hillsborough Kids Inc., the agency that oversees 3,057 children in state custody, is testing a program that ensures caseworkers visit children every 30 days as required by law. ...more

October 21, 2008

From child protection to prisons, no state service is immune from potentially draconian funding cuts next year, as the state struggles to fill a budget hole as large as $3.5 billion. ...more

October 19, 2008