cell phones

Future telephone numbers issued to people in Hillsborough County will start with a 656 area code, the state Public Service Commission announced…

Florida drivers now must put down their cell phones anytime they are in a school or work zone or they could eventually get a $60 ticket.State Rep. Jackie…

Floridians continue hanging up on traditional phone service.With cell phones in hand --- or in their back pockets --- and access to broadband technology,…

Touching a cell phone while driving could soon be against Florida law. That's if a bill a Tampa lawmaker plans to introduce passes muster in the…

A proposal that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over motorists for using cell phones while driving will be back before lawmakers in 2019.

Should inmates be criminally charged when cell phones are found on their person? In Florida prisons, that can occur. But, in county jails, not so much....

Gov. Rick Scott is asking lawmakers to cut taxes on cell-phone bills and cable and satellite television to meet the first half of his re-election…

Pointing to privacy rights, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday said police need to get warrants before using cell-phone information to conduct…

Freedom Square, a continuing care community in Seminole, is a drop-off site for Cell Phones for Soldiers: a program that lets soldiers serving overseas…