Former Hillsborough County middle school teacher Stephanie Ragusa sent a text message to the boy to say she was freaking out because the Hillsborough County School District's office of professional standards kept calling her. ...more

August 8, 2008

Text messages between former Hillsborough County teacher Stephanie Ragusa and one of the students she is accused of having sex with were released today by the State Attorney's Office. She told the boy she loved him, and they discussed dating and her giving him money, according to the messages, which were released in hundreds of pages of discovery documents. Also released was Ragusa's last will and testament, in which she addressed a student. ...more

August 7, 2008

A father seeks forgiveness for what so many men regret, missing key moments in his children's lives because he was too busy, too far away. ...more

June 16, 2008

For my last printed understatement of the year, let me again say that I have lucked into the best job in journalism. ...more

December 26, 2007