A jury on Wednesday convicted a South Florida teenager of first-degree murder in the 2004 stabbing death of his 14-year-old friend in a middle school bathroom. ...more

September 25, 2008

It's kind of scary talking to big kids, but it's worth it in the name of recycling. ...more

September 20, 2008

Suncoast students take the reins in recycling initiative. ...more

September 17, 2008

A teenager on trial in the slaying of a classmate had said it would be "cool" to be a serial killer years before the slaying in a school bathroom, a former friend testified Tuesday. ...more

September 17, 2008

We were having dinner with friends and food aficionados Robert Masson (executive chef of 717 South in Tampa) and Susan Miller (president of JB Hendry Steak Co. and a former classmate of Greg's. She has the yearbooks to prove it). ...more

August 13, 2008

Ruskin is pulling together for one of its own, a teenage girl severely beaten and unable to walk, breathe or swallow on her own. ...more

August 12, 2008

Some knew her as a friend, most did not, but they came by the hundreds anyway tonight in Ruskin to help a teenage rape victim. ...more

August 11, 2008

The traffic accident that sidelined Cheryl Salyer didn't slow down her dream of becoming a teacher. ...more

July 31, 2008

Charles Smith says that as soon as he saw the news of the stabbing on his computer Wednesday afternoon, he knew his "creepy" former co-worker would show up at his door. ...more

July 25, 2008

Melissa McElroy, 18, woke up shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday and heard her mother screaming, deputies say. She stepped outside her bedroom and saw her twin sister, Michelle, bleeding from the arms and chest, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office report, which describes what happened next. Charles Smith says that as soon as he saw the news on his computer screen Wednesday afternoon, he knew his "creepy" former co-worker would show up at his door. Later that night, Smith says, his premonition came true. ...more

July 24, 2008