TAMPA - Before being charged with having sex with two underage students, teacher Stephanie Ragusa told one of the boys during a 17-minute phone conversation that she knew what they had done was illegal. ...more

May 8, 2008

A former state Department of Children & Families spokesman now faces federal charges of producing child pornography that prosecutors say he was selling in Germany. ...more

February 12, 2008

TAMPA - A federal prosecutor said in court today that a former state Department of Children & Families spokesman charged with producing child pornography is a flight risk and a danger to the community. Prosecutor Colleen Murphy told Judge Mark Pizzo that Al Zimmerman, 41, should be held without bail because he has a "lack of ties, no job, no property, no assets, and no children." She said he's living with his parents. ...more

February 11, 2008

Co-workers and acquaintances of a former TV newsman, fired as a spokesman for the Department of Children & Families, remember him as an affable and animated man who had many friends but occasionally displayed behavior that made them wary of his professional ethics. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA - Co-workers and acquaintances of a former TV newsman, fired as a spokesman for the Department of Children & Families, remember him as an affable and animated man who had many friends but occasionally displayed behavior that made them wary of his professional ethics. ...more

February 5, 2008

CLEARWATER - Police swooped down on a baseball field across the street from Kennedy Middle School today and arrested seven boys they say took part in a gang-related attack on campus Wednesday. ...more

January 17, 2008

Jewel Lay opened Lazy Lay Acres Christmas Tree Farm more than 30 years ago, linking him to three decades worth of holiday memories for people from east Pasco County and beyond. ...more

November 26, 2007

When Vanessa Fellion's older brother, Bobby, told her he buried something valuable under the U.S. 301 bridge in Riverview, she didn't believe it for a second. ...more

November 21, 2007

TAMPA - When Vanessa Fellion's older brother, Bobby, told her he buried something valuable under the U.S. 301 bridge in Riverview, she didn't believe it for a second. ...more

November 20, 2007

A mother of a 13-year-old boy clicked on a YouTube video and was upset to see her son fighting with an older boy. ...more

November 6, 2007