PLANT CITY - When a 9-year-old boy fell under the wheels of a float Friday night in the Plant City Christmas Parade, onlookers rushed to help him. Johnny Knotts, who had been watching the parade from the west side of South Collins Street, was among the first to kneel beside the injured child. His Knotts hardware store stands across the street, just south of Laura Street. "The float in front of me suddenly stopped," Knotts said. "People on the east side of the street were screaming. It was obvious that something horrible had happened. I ran to the other side of the float and saw the boy lying under the trailer." ...more

December 8, 2007

A Christmas parade tailored to instill wonder in children took a tragic turn Friday night when a 9-year-old boy was run over and killed by a float. ...more

December 8, 2007

LAKELAND – Police have arrested a 14-year-old Lakeland boy and charged him with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Southwest Middle School student. ...more

December 6, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Funeral services for Raquel Carreras, the 14-year-old Northeast High School freshman killed in a car wreck Saturday night, will be Friday. ...more

September 19, 2007

It was a bait-and-switch, Michelle Carreras said, the sort teenagers pull to gain some freedom from their parents. ...more

September 18, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - It was a bait-and-switch, Michelle Carreras said, the sort teenagers pull to gain some freedom from their parents. ...more

September 17, 2007