New research chronicles the increase in the number of children taking prescription medication to treat common weight-related diseases. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Tri-County area of Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties has the second highest rate of child abuse in Florida. Many of these children who are abused by their parents enter the foster care system. One such child is Jennifer, who came to Children's Home Society's Hansen House at 17 after being in 27 different placements. ...more

November 9, 2008

Two teenage girls were arrested Friday by Tarpon Springs police on charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault and carjacking almost a week after the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said they participated in an attack on two people in Holiday. ...more

October 5, 2008

Although he didn't win the opportunity to make his own music video as a contestant on "High School Musical: Get in the Picture Competition," Valrico native JohnWesley Honaker managed to win the hearts of teenage girls from around the country. And his YouTube video performance is still drawing attention. ...more

August 21, 2008

Although he didn't win the opportunity to make his own music video as a contestant on "High School Musical: Get in the Picture Competition," Valrico native JohnWesley Honaker managed to win the hearts of teenage girls from around the country July 20 when he made his national TV debut. ...more

August 20, 2008

A Trinity Oaks Elementary teacher was arrested Thursday on charges of soliciting sex from teenage girls on the Internet in a sting operation run by the state Attorney General's Office. ...more

August 15, 2008

A Trinity Oaks Elementary School teacher was arrested this afternoon on charges of soliciting sex from teenage girls on the Internet in a sting operation run by the Attorney General's Office Citrus County Pasco ...more

August 14, 2008

While he didn't win the opportunity to make his own music video as a contestant on "High School Musical: Get in the Picture Competition," Valrico native JohnWesley Honaker managed to win the hearts of teenage girls from around the country July 20 when he made his national TV debut. ...more

August 6, 2008

A grisly news story concerning the shooting of two teenage girls in Oklahoma recently left me wondering what might have prevented the tragedy. Would alertness to potential dangers in their immediate surroundings have saved them? Perhaps, but what is lost when children are conditioned to see potential harm everywhere? What happens when a society stops trusting? ...more

July 11, 2008

Brittni Hardcastle, one of the teenage girls accused in the videotaped beating of Mulberry teenager Victoria Lindsay, can now attend church. ...more

June 27, 2008