Police are looking for a man who confronted a female student in a high school bathroom, then was seen 90 minutes later acting suspiciously on another high school campus. ...more

September 11, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG - Gov. Charlie Crist will deliver the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Rays' home opener Monday against the New York Yankees at Tropicana Field. ...more

April 8, 2009

Squeals erupted from a nearly hidden shoreline in the southern portion of Tampa Bay as high school students' bare legs hit the chilly waters of Bishop Harbor. ...more

March 18, 2009

An 18-year-old St. Petersburg High School student who leaped off the back of a school bus last week in St. Petersburg has died, authorities said. An autopsy on Joshua Sage will be performed tomorrow, said Bill Pellan, director of investigations for the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office. ...more

January 19, 2009

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November 20, 2008

Just months before he had a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female athlete, then-cross country coach Lee Fictum was investigated by campus police for having an inappropriate relationship with the same girl, according to authorities. ...more

October 8, 2008

A former track coach at St. Petersburg High School was arrested Monday, accused of having a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student, St. Petersburg police said. Lee Edward Fictum, 32, of Pinellas Park, was charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor, jail records say. He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on $250,000 bail. Fictum developed a personal relationship with the girl that turned sexual in the summer of 2007, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. The girl's father became aware of the relationship and then made a report to St. Petersburg police, Proffitt said. ...more

October 7, 2008

Before the 1940s, Republicans in Florida were as rare as cold fronts in August. ...more

May 25, 2008

High school football fans in the Bay area will get a little appetizer of playoff football tonight when a three-way tiebreaker will be held at Northeast High to determine the runner-up in Class 4A-District 9. ...more

November 5, 2007

Florida's public high schools have some of the worst student retention rates in the country, with half qualifying as "Dropout Factories," four times the national average, according to a new analysis of U.S. Education Department data. ...more

November 2, 2007