Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews investigating a report of light smoke at Davis Elementary School found the smoke was from an air conditioning unit in the administration building. The smoke is being removed and will be turned back over to the school authorities shortly, officials say. The children, who attend class in a different building, have been cleared to go back inside. ...more

April 15, 2009

Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the murder trial of a former Blake High School janitor accused of beating his ex-girlfriend to death. ...more

February 16, 2009

MIAMI - Authorities say a teacher was arrested for returning a gun to a student who had pulled the weapon during a fight at a school. ...more

September 12, 2008

When a Pinellas County sheriff's deputy tried to stop a car early today, it took off and crashed into a telephone pole near an elementary school, authorities said. Two of the three occupants were arrested; investigators are looking for the third. ...more

September 5, 2008

A 14-year-old boy who admitted that he planned a Columbine-style attack on a high school outside Philadelphia was sentenced Wednesday to as many as seven years in a juvenile treatment facility. ...more

December 20, 2007

TAMPA - Elalia Walker, whom investigators say was beaten by her boyfriend, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, according to Temple Terrace police. She had brain damage after being beaten Oct. 11 by her boyfriend, Stanley Telfare, a custodian at Blake High School, authorities said. ...more

October 19, 2007

Elalia Walker, who investigators say was beaten by her boyfriend, suffered brain damage and her condition worsened today. Temple Terrace police said Walker was beaten Oct. 11 by her boyfriend, Stanley Telfare, a custodian at Blake High School. ...more

October 18, 2007

Editor's Note: This is a corrected version of a previous story. The Tampa Police Department reopened an investigation into Stanley Telfare last year. A story published online and in today's Tribune was wrong about when the investigation was reopened. TEMPLE TERRACE - A Blake High School custodian with a history of domestic incidents has been charged with beating and kidnapping his girlfriend, who is a secretary at the school, authorities said. ...more

October 16, 2007

A troubled 14-year-old accused of plotting a school attack built up a stash of weapons with the help of his mother, authorities said Friday. ...more

October 13, 2007

A home-schooled teenager who felt bullied amassed a cache of guns, knives and hand grenades and tried to recruit another boy for a possible school attack, authorities said Thursday. ...more

October 12, 2007