A 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting a Middleton High School senior last month in a dispute over a bicycle will remain in jail without bail. ...more

December 18, 2009

The family of a middle school student plans to sue the Hillsborough County school board, saying the boy suffered personal and psychological injuries from having a sexual relationship with his teacher, Stephanie Ragusa. ...more

November 16, 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 12, 2009

Just days before his South Carolina Gamecocks were to take on Iowa in today's Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa native and senior cornerback Stoney Woodson reflected on his college career. ...more

January 1, 2009

Former Middleton High School special education teacher Christina Lin Butler was placed on probation for five years Wednesday for having a felonious three-week sexual relationship with a 16-year-old ninth-grader. ...more

December 11, 2008

Former Middleton High School special education teacher Christina Lin Butler was placed on probation for five years for having a felonious three-week sexual relationship with a 16-year-old ninth-grader. ...more

December 10, 2008

TAMPA A Middleton High School teacher is being honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hillsborough County school officials announced today. Richard L. Crawford is a recipient of the institute's 2008-09 Educator Excellence award, which is given to up to seven educators worldwide every two years by nomination only. ...more

December 9, 2008

Six years ago, I attended a ceremony that officially opened the new Middleton High School in east Tampa. The old Middleton, one of the city's two historically black high schools, was closed in 1971, sacrificed on the altar of school desegregation. ...more

September 7, 2008

When the Rev. Walter L. Turner gave the Hillsborough County Department of Aging Services background information for an award nomination, he thought it was a local competition. ...more

June 7, 2008

All the ingredients for a parade were there: sunny skies, marching bands in formation, politicians waving from convertibles, antique cars and beads. Always beads. ...more

January 22, 2008