A Tampa Bay area legal expert says charges of child pornography may not stick to a Lakeland school principal. ...more

December 25, 2007

When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. ...more

December 22, 2007

He looks like an eighth-grade version of Dick Butkus. With his crew-cut hair, his muscular frame and his charismatic grin, Kyle Goluba fits the mold of a kid who loves to play football. ...more

November 25, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Americans play more sports and are polite and friendly, or so believe 12 Russian snowbirds visiting Highlands County. A dozen Russian 10th-graders from St. Petersburg are returning the favor after a group of Lake Placid students visited Russia 10 weeks ago. Student Dima Bofodin likes the "nearly perfect" Florida climate, compared with nine colder months a year at home. "The local people play more sports, (especially) with wakeboards and jet skis," Bofodin observed. "And the school's compete against other schools in sports." He also gave a thumbs up to American manners. ...more

October 30, 2007

Two Middleton High School students, one described as having a sexual relationship with a teacher and the other suspended after spreading rumors about it, have filed letters of intention to sue the Hillsborough County School District. ...more

October 27, 2007

TAMPA - The Middleton High School principal had heard talk of an affair between a 16-year-old boy and a now-suspended teacher but thought it was just a rumor, a school district spokesman said today. ...more

October 25, 2007