Your letters were all over the board this week, from Tampa's streets to Berlin to health care. ...more

November 16, 2009

Tampa police are investigating a fight video involving teenage girls that popped up on MySpace last week. The case has been assigned to a detective, who is following up on it today, said retired Sgt. Jim Contento, a department spokesman. ...more

April 2, 2009

The only teenager to receive jail time for her role in the videotaped beating of a Polk County girl is back home. Brittini Hardcastle, 17, left jail this morning. She was sentenced Friday to 15 days behind bars and released today because she had previously served some of that time. ...more

March 24, 2009

A federal judge orders the FDA to let 17-year-olds obtain the Plan B morning-after pill. ...more

March 23, 2009

A U.S. military contractor in Iraq has been arrested for allegedly hacking into teenage girls' computers in America to coerce them into sending sexually explicit photos of themselves. Federal authorities in Orlando say if victims refused, Patrick Connolly threatened to reveal personal information gathered from hacking into their computers. ...more

March 17, 2009

One of five teenage girls charged in the beating of another teen was sentenced today to three years of probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. Circuit Judge Keith Spoto also sentenced Mercades Nichols to 100 hours of community service and ordered that she pay restitution to victim Victoria Lindsay. ...more

March 6, 2009

On March 30, 2008 six teenage girls confronted 16-year old Victoria Lindsay about trash-talking about them online and in cell phone text messages. The six girls took turns punching and kicking Lindsay while they video tape the beating. Two teenaged boys stood watch outside the Lakeland home to warn the girls inside. Here are the events that followed. ...more

March 5, 2009

Two free writers' workshops will be presented by inspirational author Debora M. Coty of Seffner in March. ...more

March 4, 2009

The shrill din of teenage shrieks filling the Florida Strawberry Festival stadium Sunday night didn't sound much different from the one that might greet the Jonas Brothers. But the cheers were for Taylor Swift, and they were less adulation and more identification. ...more

March 2, 2009

One of five teenage girls facing charges in the videotaped beating of a Polk County cheerleader accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning. ...more

January 28, 2009