Somebody sent the county finance department a $31,907 cashier's check last Friday with instructions to use it to help fund the salary of the sole Little Rock Cannery employee. ...more

July 22, 2009

A keystone of Richard McDivitt's trial in December was the emotional testimony of the teenage girl he allegedly molested. ...more

January 24, 2009

Today I received a letter from someone who calls herself Abbie. I believe this is the second letter I've gotten from the mysterious Abbie. I suppose Abbie was upset about something I wrote to the Editor. At any rate, Abbie didn't bother to give me her return address; perhaps she had not the courage to do so. Turning to the phone directory I could find no such person listed. As someone said long ago, "I don't believe there is such a person." ...more

January 11, 2009

Police this afternoon called in a hazardous waste material team after a package with the word anthrax written on it showed up at the St. Petersburg Times building, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. ...more

November 3, 2008

Stephanie Ragusa, a Hillsborough County teacher charged with having sex with some of her underage students, recently sent a letter to Nick Bollea, the incarcerated teenage son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA -- Stephanie Ragusa, a Hillsborough County teacher charged with having sex with some of her underage students, recently sent a letter to Nick Bollea, the incarcerated son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. The letter's contents weren't immediately available. ...more

June 6, 2008

LORIDA — An elderly Lorida man who didn't wish to be identified was the target of an Ontario, Canada sweepstakes scam, but using common sense, he said he wasn't fooled. The intended victim said he received the letter in the mail last week mailed from Canada, but the envelope had no return address. ...more

May 7, 2008

I have received a letter from a woman I will call Ms. A.B. who is very angry with the Respect Life Movement, and with me in particular. My name has been associated with Respect Life in Highlands County and she "unloaded" on me. Unfortunately, she did not include a return address other than Sebring Fl. 33870. I have not been able to locate a more thorough address. ...more

February 14, 2008

Even in death, Chet Fitch is a card. Fitch, known for his sense of humor, died in October at age 88 but gave his friends and family a start recently: Christmas cards, 34 of them, began arriving - written in his hand with a return address of "Heaven." ...more

December 26, 2007