PAST AND PRESENT •In late 2005, the Department of Children & Families stopped Tampa Bay Academy from admitting new patients after finding inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. DCF renewed the academy's license after subsequent inspections. ...more

December 30, 2008

Three years ago, the Department of Children & Families found many of the same problems at the Tampa Bay Academy that other state regulators found this month: inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. ...more

December 30, 2008

State officials found that an inadequate and poorly trained staff at the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview led to abuse complaints, patient escapes and at least one alleged sexual assault. Three years ago. ...more

December 29, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - State officials repeatedly investigated abuse complaints against a 26-year-old man before he was jailed late Sunday, accused of beating his stepdaughter with a belt, according to court documents. ...more

July 22, 2008

The citizens' panel reviewing Hillsborough County jails is showing the diligence and objectivity necessary to find the truth about an operation whose reputation was tarnished when a jail guard dumped a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair. ...more

May 19, 2008

The tiny service station on Wheeler Street has seen war, peace and nearly a century of change. Only time will tell if the sturdy structure, which occupies a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, can weather the storm brewing over its new incarnation as a drive-through grooming and pet supply store called Pet City Center. ...more

January 24, 2008

The number of Hillsborough County children sheltered by the state has dropped drastically this year because of a new program that puts help into the home so children can stay put. ...more

December 27, 2007

12,840 Child-abuse complaints 1,775 Children removed 13,000 Child-abuse complaints ...more

December 27, 2007