CLEARWATER -- The 15-year-old accused of plotting with his girlfriend to kill her mother by burning her while she slept was ordered held without bond this morning. Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Judge Irene Sullivan denied bond for Jack Ault after an advisory first appearance in juvenile court. ...more

December 30, 2009

A day after a Port Richey father was charged with murdering his baby, a state review found child welfare authorities failed to protect the little girl. ...more

January 28, 2009

A 24-year-old father of twin baby girls was arrested at his home Monday evening, accused of killing one of the infants in December after being bothered by her cries, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 28, 2009

A day after a Port Richey father was charged with murdering his baby, a state review found child welfare authorities failed to protect the little girl. Thomas James Ludwig, 24, got custody of his newborn twins in October after his girlfriend gave birth while jailed in Marion County. ...more

January 27, 2009

What's happening in Pasco County schools this week. ...more

October 6, 2008

The Hernando County School District runs two teen parenting programs: one at Hernando High School and another at Nature Coast Technical High School in Brooksville. ...more

September 6, 2008

Child by child, Texas authorities are acknowledging that many of the children seized during a raid on a polygamist sect's ranch can safely live with their parents or guardians. ...more

September 5, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - State officials repeatedly investigated abuse complaints against a 26-year-old man before he was jailed late Sunday, accused of beating his stepdaughter with a belt, according to court documents. ...more

July 22, 2008

More than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch two months ago began returning to the arms of their parents Monday, hours after a judge bowed to a state Supreme Court ruling that the seizure was not justified. ...more

June 3, 2008

Children from a polygamist sect were the only subjects on the docket Monday at a west Texas courthouse where five judges began handling hundreds of hearings that attorneys for the children's parents decried for their cookie-cutter approach. ...more

May 20, 2008