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

When the deaths of two students shocked the University of Tampa this semester, Connie McCullough was on the front line treating emotional wounds and shaken psyches. ...more

December 6, 2009

Gregory Allen Jr. planned to join the National Guard after graduating from Middleton High School, where he had once been named "Turnaround Student of the Year" for the uptick in his academics and behavior. ...more

November 13, 2009

An 18-year-old high school senior who appeared not to hear the horn of an approaching train because he was wearing headphones was killed Monday as he was walking on railroad tracks in Polk County. ...more

October 21, 2009

A 27-year-old assistant football coach from Braden River High School died Saturday night when the truck he was in flipped and crashed on an entrance ramp to Interstate 75 in Sarasota County. ...more

March 22, 2009

Individuals and families coping with the loss of a loved one can join others from around Pasco County during two upcoming events designed to give them a safe and supportive place to honor their memories. ...more

March 11, 2009

One person was shot at a Publix warehouse in Lakeland today, and the shooter appears to have committed suicide, Lakeland police spokesman Jack Gillen said. ...more

February 17, 2009

A pedestrian has died after being struck this morning by a vehicle driven by a Tampa Fire Rescue captain, officials said. ...more

February 7, 2009

A 19-year-old Tampa sophomore attending college in North Carolina has died from what appears to be an accidental head injury, authorities say. ...more

November 19, 2008

Plant High School students were offered grief counselors this morning as they coped with the death of popular 17-year-old Allyson Faulk in a car crash Friday. ...more

November 17, 2008