TAMPA - Police charged a man and a woman with felony drug trafficking charges Thursday after finding a loaded shotgun, cocaine and ecstasy in a house in the Lowry Park area. ...more

December 28, 2007

TAMPA - Police have identified a motorcyclist killed Tuesday on Columbus Drive after striking the side of a school bus. ...more

December 7, 2007

When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg police report. ...more

November 14, 2007

When asked Friday by an assistant principal, a sixth-grade Azalea Middle School student denied being told by a classmate that he would bring a gun and kill her, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department report. At a news conference Monday, the 11-year-old girl, Hannah, told reporters she was afraid to go to back to school after a boy pulled off her hijab, an Islamic head scarf, and the next day threatened kill her. ...more

November 13, 2007

The father of the driver in a fatal car accident says the car's passenger might have survived if homes on the road had a different type of mailbox. ...more

November 2, 2007

The Sarasota Family YMCA board pledged Tuesday to make changes to its foster care program, the day after a state report blamed arrogance and defensiveness for the agency's recent poor performance. ...more

October 31, 2007

At the risk of being called potty-mouthed, county commissioners recently dumped criticism on companies that virtually abandon portable toilets at unfinished construction sites. ...more

October 31, 2007

Florida's first private agency to take on child welfare duties - the one held up as the state model for privatizing social services - may find itself without a contract next year. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - A panel ordered to review Florida's first private agency to take on child welfare duties for the state said today it cannot recommend renewing the agency's multimillion-dollar contract without serious internal changes. ...more

October 29, 2007

More state oversight of private contractors of foster care and common-sense safety measures are among recommendations released this week by a task force created to protect children in state care. ...more

October 11, 2007