In a victory for news technology in federal courts, a judge is allowing a reporter to use the microblogging service Twitter to provide constant updates from a racketeering gang trial this week. ...more

March 7, 2009

A judge has ordered the foreclosure of downtown St. Petersburg's centerpiece shopping and entertainment complex. Judge J. Thomas McGrady ordered that BayWalk be foreclosed upon and set a Feb. 13 date to auction it off. Its owner has been unable to renegotiate the $14.5 million mortgage or find another lender. ...more

January 13, 2009

A 7-year-old bicyclist was killed this afternoon when he was hit by a pickup while riding on a bike trail that crosses U.S. Highway 301 north of Stacy Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

December 26, 2008

A 71-year-old woman died Thursday when she turned her car into the path of another vehicle on U.S. 27 in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 23, 2008

Just before 7 a.m. Aug. 18, Evi Gonzalez and his wife, Marlen, sat waiting for assistance in the Reddick Elementary School office. With them were their sons Ryan, 6, and Evi Jr., 5. ...more

August 27, 2008

Just before 7 a.m. Monday, Evi Gonzalez and his wife, Marlen, sat waiting for assistance in the Reddick Elementary School office. With them were their sons Ryan, 6, and Evi Jr., 5. The couple thought their children were supposed to go to Cypress Creek Elementary, where Ryan was a student last year. They assumed Evi would be enrolled there but were taken by surprise when they got a notice in the mail. Both boys were to become Reddick students. The Gonzalez family was not the only one confused by the change of assignments. Scores of others encountered similar problems and had to wait in line for help at the start of the school day. But the Reddick support staff swarmed to register the children involved and help parents figure out their transportation needs. ...more

August 19, 2008

Some teachers work their entire careers and are not recognized for their efforts. But not Shari Storch. ...more

January 30, 2008

This is a copy of the police reports compiled in the investigation into threats made by Freedom High School students. All names, except for those of 16-year-old Mark Stapleton and 17-year-old John Doan have been redacted by the Tribune A 15-year-old also charged in this incident is not being named because of his age. ...more

September 7, 2007