Students in Pinellas County public schools today started receiving the H1N1 vaccine. The school district, along with the Pinellas County Health Department, launched the mass vaccination effort at 16 schools. And the plan is to rotate the mini-clinics to different schools each day. "Wonderful, I think it's a great thing that they're offering it," said Paula Nixon, whose daughter, Grace, attends Madeira Beach Middle School. "There are about 1,300 children at this school, K through 8, and that's a lot of children they're exposed to on a daily basis." ...more

November 9, 2009

Swine flu vaccinations will be available Monday to students who attend 16 Pinellas County schools. ...more

November 7, 2009

Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a teenager whom they say ran from a deputy Tuesday afternoon and forced a lockdown at three Pinellas County schools. ...more

September 22, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has named Karen Pesce of Tampa and Julie Ryczek of Treasure Island as Points of Light in honor of March's Fitness/Nutrition Awareness Month. ...more

April 11, 2009

In honor of Fitness/Nutrition Awareness Month, Gov. Charlie Crist recognized Karen Pesce of Tampa as the Points of Light Award recipient for the week of March 20. ...more

April 1, 2009

A police officer who initially faced allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old Tarpon Springs High School student he worked with has resigned today. ...more

March 6, 2009

When Sarasota and Sarasota Riverview met for the District 6A-8 girls basketball finals early this month, the atmosphere was not befitting the occasion. ...more

February 18, 2009

A Tarpon Springs police corporal who is alleged to have had inappropriate contact with a 17-year-old girl will not be charged with a crime, Tarpon Springs police have confirmed. ...more

February 17, 2009

Travel was the main concern for several Hillsborough County schools when the Florida High School Athletic Association released its tentative 2009 and 2010 football realignment assignments in December. Wharton High, for example, was grouped in a district that included three out-of-county schools, one 95 miles away. ...more

January 17, 2009

Five Pinellas County elementary schools will close at the end of the current term and four middle schools will combine into two, school officials decided Tuesday. ...more

January 14, 2009