Columbine changed everything. During a seminar for school administrators today at Crews Lake Middle School, Pasco County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Prescott emphasized how everything from law-enforcement response to the ways schools handle crisis situations was altered by the 1999 massacre in Littleton, Colo. The presentation was attended by about 20 administrators from around the school district. "We used to set up a perimeter" if there was a shooter inside a school, said Prescott, who supervises the school district's school resource officers for the sheriff's office. "Now, it's entirely different. If there's a shooter in here, we'll be coming in, charging in." ...more

March 24, 2009

Without Walls International Church has won a significant reduction in fines levied against it for failing to fix fire code violations. ...more

March 3, 2009

Without Walls International Church has won a significant reduction in the fines it had received for failing to fix fire code violations. ...more

March 2, 2009

Without Walls International Church racked up $11,200 in fines before fixing fire code violations in its sanctuary and administrative building. ...more

February 18, 2009

Without Walls International Church racked up $11,200 in fines before fixing fire code violations in its sanctuary and administrative building. ...more

February 17, 2009

The National Football League bills the NFL Experience as pro football's interactive theme park. Right now, the only interactive part of the attraction is for the workers putting it together. Noah Gold, an NFL Experience spokesman, said today he is confident the work will be finished before the gates open Saturday morning. ...more

January 23, 2009

Most folks don't recognize the address 712 W. Jefferson St. But mention Laurenwood Mobile Home Park and you get a different reaction. ...more

January 22, 2009

Brawling South Korean lawmakers tried to sledgehammer their way into a parliamentary meeting room barricaded by the ruling party as the National Assembly descended into chaos Thursday over a free trade agreement with the United States. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- Tampa fire inspectors plan to visit Without Walls International Church this afternoon to ensure fire alarms and sprinklers work properly in its sanctuary and administrative building, said Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade. The city's code enforcement board gave the church until today to inspect the sprinklers and alarms and make roughly 20 repairs to the two buildings. ...more

December 17, 2008

Five boys accused of discharging 80 fire extinguishers and causing $4,000 worth of damage to a building at a Lakeland apartment complex were arrested today on felony criminal mischief charges, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 2, 2008