Although my high school reunion held in Chicago a few weeks ago did not have a theme, one quickly developed: "Man, it's been 40 years!" ...more

November 11, 2007

TAMPA - At first, the girl's mother didn't quite believe her. The Pierce Middle School sixth-grader complained that her teacher was weird, that he kept touching her head and stroking her hair. "As a parent," the mother said, "you think it's an innocent thing." She asked her daughter whether she should go to the school and talk with him. " 'No, no, no, Mom,' " the mother said, quoting her daughter. "'He'll get mad.'" "It became apparent to me that he wanted to get my daughter into a position where he could molest her," she said. Last week, the girl, now 13, and another female student filed lawsuits against the Hillsborough County School Board. The suits allege negligence and infliction of emotional distress. ...more

October 19, 2007

TAMPA - Police are honoring a woman for "putting herself in harm's way" by helping two young sisters who authorities say were being menaced by a man as they walked to their school bus stop four weeks ago. ...more

September 27, 2007

TAMPA - A theater set builder at the University of South Florida has been charged with molesting two girls. Thomas "Sparky" Lewis, 61, is a scenic studio supervisor and builds sets and backdrops for the theater department at USF's College of Visual and Performing Arts. ...more

September 11, 2007

A Tuesday afternoon melee in a Lakeland neighborhood was not immediately preceded by a fight at Lakeland High School as first thought, school and police officials said Wednesday. ...more

September 5, 2007

Heroes come in many forms, though most work too far from camera range for most of us to notice. ...more

September 5, 2007

TAMPA — A 43-year-old Bradenton man was arrested this afternoon and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, Tampa Police said. ...more

September 3, 2007