Originally from St. Louis, D'Ann Lawrence White graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She has worked as an editor, columnist, breaking news reporter, feature writer and investigative reporter for more than 20 years. You can reach her at dann.white@patch.com.
A second teacher was arrested at a Polk County charter school in less than a week for sex offenses against teenage girls, the sheriff said.
Based in Palm Harbor, Office Pride offers commercial cleaning services around the county with an emphasis on opening veteran-owned branches.
The manatee pair has been living at the Miami Seaquarium since the late 1950s. Now, at age 65, they're getting a change of scenery.
Cpl. Carlos Brito nearly lost his leg when he was crushed between a Nissan Atima and his sheriff's vehicle, but has begun rehab therapy.
The Lights of Love Tree will be adorned with donated ornaments honoring military veterans, police , first responders, firefighters and pets.
The baby will spend her first Christmas with her new parents 10 months after being found abandoned in the woods on a cold January night.
Pasco sheriff's deputies are searching for a man accused of sideswiping another vehicle and then punching and robbing the other driver.
Police said evidence at the scene indicates the teen was trying to cross Pipkin Road when the bus struck him.
Civil rights groups are demanding the U.S. Department of Justice investigate a 5-year-old's death when hit by a police officer's vehicle.
A bicyclist has died after colliding with a car Monday afternoon in Tarpon Springs.
Skyport Aviation opened at new hangar at Tampa Executive Airport and Sheltair Aviation opened four hangars at Tampa International Airport.
A 28-year-old man died after crashing his Ducati motorcycle on the Selmon Expressway Sunday.
A 17-year-old boy from Riverview is dead following a crash Sunday morning on U.S. 301 in Riverview.
At 8:16 p.m. Friday, Tampa police responded to a crash in the 1500 block of Fowler Avenue involving a car and a bicyclist.
Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said making shooting threats toward schools in no joke and students will be arrested and prosecuted.
The county has issued a health alert due to the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins found in Blanton Lake.
The county has issued a health alert due to the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins found in Lake Taylor-Odessa.
There are plenty of things going on around Lakeland to celebrate the 2023 winter holidays.
Two drivers escaped serious injuries when a dump truck swerved into the lane occupied by a Ford F250 towing a boat on Interstate 75.
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was just two names shy of using all the hurricane names chosen as FL residents can relax and recover.
