When the Hillsborough County Council of National Board Certified Teachers met March 14 in Brandon, The Tampa Tribune asked some of the more than three-dozen educators attending how they see the economy affecting their students. Here are some of their responses. ...more

March 21, 2009

Mexican authorities have suspended their search for a Florida woman who apparently fell from a ship balcony during a Christmas week cruise. ...more

December 30, 2008

Family members say the woman reported missing Friday from a cruise ship near Mexico "has had previous emotional issues" and might have chosen "an unfortunate ending to her life." ...more

December 30, 2008

Authorities have suspended their search for a Winter Haven woman reported missing Friday from a cruise ship near Cancun, Mexico. ...more

December 29, 2008

Ronda Gary-Jackson said that though her 14-year-old adopted son is smart and entertaining, he always has been an angry person with emotional issues. ...more

January 9, 2008

Ronda Gary-Jackson said that though her 14-year-old adopted son is smart and entertaining, he always has been an angry person with emotional issues. ...more

January 8, 2008

Being a secretary isn't as easy at it looks. That was the lesson learned Wednesday by Rosetta Presley, 15, a sophomore at F.W. Springstead High School in Spring Hill, who spent Wednesday morning learning the "ins and outs" of secretarial work from Nilsa Toro, an employee in the school's front office. ...more

December 14, 2007