New American Field Service foreign exchange students arrived Aug. 16 in the greater Brandon and South Shore areas. Vida Triamraktakul of Thailand is attending Bloomingdale High School while living at the home of Peter and Paula Lena. Japan's Sho Hattori is residing with Charles and Loretta Lieble while attending Brandon High School. Phonlawat "Nae" Wittayarungrote of Thailand is staying with Jane Gilblair and attending Riverview High School. ...more

September 10, 2008

New American Field Service foreign exchange students arrived Aug. 16 in the South Shore and greater Brandon areas. ...more

September 10, 2008

TAMPA - June Leland and Kathy Walsh want to know why their 16-year-old daughters are assigned to a bus stop more than two miles from their Davis Islands homes that includes crossing busy streets plus a bridge before daybreak. ...more

September 9, 2008

With only days before school starts, thousands of parents in Hillsborough County still don't know whether their children are eligible to ride a bus to school and where to catch it. ...more

August 14, 2008

TAMPA - With only days before school starts, thousands of parents in Hillsborough County still don't know whether their children are eligible to ride a bus to school and where to catch it. ...more

August 13, 2008

Once, John Reaves seemed to have it all. He was Tampa's foremost high-school football icon, leading Robinson High School to the brink of a state championship in 1967. At the University of Florida, he became the NCAA's all-time leading passer. ...more

August 5, 2008

Wanda Howard is trying her hardest to make sure students in Tampa start school on the right foot. ...more

July 30, 2008

The economy is tough on drug dealers too, investigators learned as part of a sweeping probe of two trafficking networks stretching from Texas and Georgia to Fort Myers and the Bay area. ...more

July 24, 2008

A five-month drug investigation targeting two drug-trafficking groups and four distribution cells throughout the state has culminated with nearly two dozen arrests this morning, officials said. Tampa and Plant City police, federal authorities and the sheriff's offices in Hillsborough, Pasco and Lee counties cooperated in the investigation. Forty-one people have been arrested. ...more

July 23, 2008

The Hillsborough County School District will hold several more meetings on school transportation between today and the start of the school year Aug. 18. The meetings will be held to explain bus routes to parents and address questions they might have, schools spokesman Steve Hegarty said. ...more

July 21, 2008