Columbine changed everything. During a seminar for school administrators Tuesday at Crews Lake Middle School, Pasco County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Prescott emphasized how everything from law-enforcement responses to the ways schools handle crises was altered by the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. ...more

March 25, 2009

Columbine changed everything. During a seminar for school administrators today at Crews Lake Middle School, Pasco County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Prescott emphasized how everything from law-enforcement response to the ways schools handle crisis situations was altered by the 1999 massacre in Littleton, Colo. The presentation was attended by about 20 administrators from around the school district. "We used to set up a perimeter" if there was a shooter inside a school, said Prescott, who supervises the school district's school resource officers for the sheriff's office. "Now, it's entirely different. If there's a shooter in here, we'll be coming in, charging in." ...more

March 24, 2009

It was like something out of the movies — a high-speed police chase, 30 seconds of flying lead from the rat-a-tat-tat of rapid gunfire and bloodshed. ...more

December 18, 2008

It could have been just another rabbit hole, but the red peace sign marked the spot. ...more

September 20, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Freda Abrams looked shocked. "You've never heard of Hummels?" she asked, gazing at her visitor as if not quite believing an ignorance of Hummels is impossible. Abrams has a number of the figurines. ...more

June 25, 2008

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air - heated by millions of watts of electric bulbs - is several degrees warmer. Like carnivorous flowers, merchants seduce from glittering shops. They say, "Welcome to the Grand Bazaar." ...more

January 6, 2008

Our city has its share of movie houses, concert halls and auditoriums, but it covets one above all, a magical place where history drifts like a ghost and a starlit sky twinkles above our heads. ...more

December 21, 2007

A man described as a "classic drug dealer" was sentenced to 20 years in prison during court proceedings Thursday. ...more

December 7, 2007

When Myrle Henry built the house on Johnson Road 44 years ago, he said he would never build another. ...more

November 21, 2007

PLANT CITY When Myrle Henry built the house on Johnson Road 44 years ago, he said he would never build another. ...more

November 19, 2007