When Hillsborough County schools open in August, students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided Tuesday. ...more

July 15, 2008

SEBRING — The number of school expulsion recommendations nearly doubled in the 2007-'08 school year compared to the previous year after drug-related incidents increased more than threefold. About 135 expulsion recommendations were made in the 2007-'08 school year, including 68 that were drug- or alcohol-related. The 2006-'07 school year had 70 expulsion recommendations with 20 that were drug or alcohol-related. ...more

July 5, 2008

Beginning in August, Hillsborough County school students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided Friday. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA - Beginning in August, Hillsborough County school students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided today. The plan still needs a formal vote. ...more

June 6, 2008

AVON PARK — Construction for the targeting systems to be used for the Avon Park Air Force Range's live bombing operations has been pushed back somewhat, but the operations are still slated to begin February 2009, a Navy spokesman said. U.S. Fleet Forces Command spokesman Jim Brantley from Norfolk, Va. said that infrastructure should be built sometime during the summer, though he couldn't be more specific. In January, he anticipated that these installations would have been completed either in April or this month. Negotiations on the contracts for this work took longer than originally planned. ...more

May 27, 2008

Cynthia Hill racked up more than $3,000 in fines for unpaid tolls after her husband borrowed her car last summer to get to his job at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - Cynthia Hill racked up more than $3,000 in fines for unpaid tolls after her husband borrowed her car last summer to get to his job at MacDill Air Force Base. ...more

May 9, 2008

What do you do when you've bolted a computer onto a remote-controlled car and hooked it up with Internet access, a wireless router and a camera, but you don't have anyone to show it off to? ...more

February 25, 2008

Love is in the air this time of year, even for some of the 5 million American children, teens and adults wearing braces. ...more

February 8, 2008

Ring! Ring! Do you know where your child's cell phone is? ...more

February 7, 2008