A 62-year-old middle school teacher confronted an intruder in her home early this morning and shot the man dead, deputies said. ...more

October 24, 2008

A Hillsborough County middle school teacher was among 13 people netted in a weekend prostitution sting in Polk County. ...more

October 20, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office used the Web site Craigslist to set up a prostitution sting that netted 13 arrests including a Hillsborough County middle school teacher. ...more

October 19, 2008

His now-famous sports bar won't open for another four hours, but Mark Ferguson is operating at full speed. ...more

October 18, 2008

Ferg's Sports Bar and Grill, at 1320 Central Ave., is party central for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball games, played across the street at Tropicana Field. ...more

October 17, 2008

A Memorial Middle School teacher's assistant has been arrested on charges soliciting sex and soliciting child pornography from a 17-year-old girl, Tampa police said. ...more

September 25, 2008

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

The Polk County Sheriff's Office announces the arrest of a Polk County teacher today on charges of sexual misconduct with several children. ...more

June 5, 2008

Put Them To Work Regarding "Vandals Wreak Havoc At Cemetery" (Metro, May 27): ...more

May 31, 2008