Undercover officers looking for car thieves Tuesday discovered a sexual relationship between a Middleton High School teacher and a teenage boy whom they pulled over driving the teacher's Jeep Grand Cherokee, officials said. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - Police stumbled upon a sexual relationship between a Middleton High School teacher and a 15-year-old male student late Tuesday after pulling over the teenager driving the teacher's Jeep Grand Cherokee, officials said. ...more

October 24, 2007

At first, the girl's mother didn't quite believe her. The Pierce Middle School sixth-grader complained that her teacher was weird, that he kept touching her head and stroking her hair. ...more

October 22, 2007

Six months ago, Elalia Walker wrote in court papers that her boyfriend would watch her from shrubbery, force her into sex and tell her, 'If I can't have you, then no one will have you.' ...more

October 20, 2007

TAMPA - At first, the girl's mother didn't quite believe her. The Pierce Middle School sixth-grader complained that her teacher was weird, that he kept touching her head and stroking her hair. "As a parent," the mother said, "you think it's an innocent thing." She asked her daughter whether she should go to the school and talk with him. " 'No, no, no, Mom,' " the mother said, quoting her daughter. "'He'll get mad.'" "It became apparent to me that he wanted to get my daughter into a position where he could molest her," she said. Last week, the girl, now 13, and another female student filed lawsuits against the Hillsborough County School Board. The suits allege negligence and infliction of emotional distress. ...more

October 19, 2007

Hillsborough County schools have current cases of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection being monitored by school nurses, said Warren McDougle, epidemiology program manager for the Hillsborough County Health Department. He said he could not identify the schools or the number of cases. ...more

October 19, 2007

A Hillsborough County school bus driver involved in a crash that injured three East Bay High students and another person Thursday morning had been convicted of 12 previous traffic violations. ...more

October 19, 2007

A man accused of beating his girlfriend into a coma had nothing in his background to prohibit him from working as a janitor at Blake High School, a school district spokesman said. ...more

October 17, 2007

The Hillsborough County School District recently adopted an automated telephone system to alert families to events and emergencies. On Monday, that alert sent most parents of Ippolito Elementary School children into a panic. ...more

September 10, 2007

RIVERVIEW – All the students involved in an early morning school bus accident have been released from the hospital, school officials said. ...more

September 4, 2007