A teacher found an unloaded .38-caliber revolver in a student's backpack this morning at Leila G. Davis Elementary School. ...more

October 24, 2008

What had earned me his recognition, his admiration, his uncharacteristic gesture of approval? Had I hung up on a telemarketer? Complained to a company about unsatisfactory service? Finally gotten angry and expressed my feelings at the time I felt them? All these would have been unusual for me. ...more

October 22, 2008

A verbal argument between two men escalated into a stabbing this afternoon, according to Tampa police. ...more

October 10, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — A middle schooler brought a gun to campus and showed it to a friend on Thursday, authorities say. ...more

October 9, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 12-year-old girl from Fort Meade. Family friends dropped off Tamara Thomas at her godmother's home, 2985 Morris Drive, Bartow, about 3 p.m. Monday, sheriff's office spokeswoman Donna Wood said. Thomas has not been seen since. ...more

October 7, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says a missing 11-year-old Lakeland boy has been found. ...more

September 12, 2008

A 2-, 4- and 13-year-old killed in separate incidents. ...more

September 10, 2008

Three young girls, ages 2, 4 and 13, were killed in separate accidents over 18 hours on Monday and Tuesday. ...more

September 10, 2008

A Seven Springs Middle School student was arrested Friday after a search of his backpack revealed a 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun with a round loaded in the chamber, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

September 6, 2008

A Seven Springs Middle School student was arrested today after a search of his backpack revealed a loaded 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. The 12-year-old student, facing a charge of possession of a firearm on a school campus, was taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center. The gun was found when an administrative assistant saw students looking into a backpack and acting suspicious, the sheriff's office reported. The staff member asked what was in the bag, and the boy, a seventh-grader, said it was a BB gun, the report states. The boy said he brought the gun to school to show to a friend, the report states. ...more

September 5, 2008