Members of the New Port Richey Fire Department used electric and hydraulic tools to cut into an old school bus Monday as they trained for rescuing people trapped in accidents involving school buses. The New Port Richey Marine Institute donated three buses to the fire department to assist in the training. The fire department's firefighters are participating in training this week, and some members are training to be recertified with the Florida Urban Search and Rescue team, which includes the New Port Richey Fire Department. ...more

May 20, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - An 18-year-old Dixie Hollins High School student arrested Friday on charges he sexually battered a 15-year-old girl on a school bus was released from custody early today. ...more

May 10, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A group of children headed to school from the Chelsea Woods Apartments shared their bus shelter with a dead man Friday morning. ...more

May 10, 2008

Sharon Philyaw of Safety Harbor, chairwoman of the No Bus Committee, is pleased with the Pinellas School District's scrapping of a planned bus terminal. ...more

May 10, 2008

LAND O' LAKES -- A group of children headed to school from the Chelsea Woods Apartments shared their bus shelter with a dead man this morning. Deputies responding to an 8:27 a.m. call from a distressed mother found a 19-year-old white male sitting on a bench in a bus shelter at 4453 Alpine Road. Investigators believe he died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head; a neighbor reported hearing a gunshot at about 3:50 a.m. today, Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesman Doug Tobin said. ...more

May 9, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Students reacted in disbelief and horror this morning at the news that three Dixie Hollins High School football players were arrested Thursday on charges they molested or assisted in the molestation of a 15-year-old girl on a school bus. ...more

May 9, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Three Dixie Hollins High School students were arrested Thursday in connection with the molestation of a 15-year-old girl, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 8, 2008