TAMPA - First-grader Tatum Johnson loved to frolic with friends on the school playground. The 7-year-old enjoyed playing with classmates and came home every day with tales of her school adventures. Though Tatum can no longer run with her friends though the Mort Elementary fields, her memory has become a permanent part of the school campus. ...more

May 9, 2008

When the clerk read the jury's verdict, that Javon Deniro Blackmon is guilty of killing his 10-month-old son, Blackmon pursed his lips and closed his eyes. ...more

May 9, 2008

A 16-year-old girl died Thursday after a fire started in her bedroom in the Country Place subdivision in Carrollwood. ...more

May 9, 2008

TAMPA – A 16-year-old Sickles High School sophomore died Thursday in a fire that started in her bedroom in the Country Place subdivision in Carrollwood. ...more

May 8, 2008

TAMPA - When the clerk read the jury's verdict, that Javon Deniro Blackmon is guilty of killing his 10-month-old son, Blackmon pursed his lips and closed his eyes. ...more

May 8, 2008

A trial begins today for the father of 10-month-old Demetrius Blackmon's in the death of the boy. ...more

May 6, 2008

An oak tree will be planted Friday morning at Mort Elementary School to honor 7-year-old Tatum Johnson, who died in February after being hit by a car near her home in Lutz. ...more

May 6, 2008

TAMPA - An oak tree will be planted at Mort Elementary School on Friday morning to honor 7-year-old Tatum Johnson, who died in February after being hit by a car near her home in Lutz. ...more

May 5, 2008

A local woman now faces drunken-driving manslaughter charges as the result of a crash in December that killed two people in the other vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. ...more

May 3, 2008

Once upon a time, a Dade County educator thought it would be nice to introduce promising teenage science students to the world of medicine. ...more

May 2, 2008