Freedom High senior Joe Gazzillo has a sweet treat bound for troops deployed in Afghanistan. ...more

December 16, 2009

Monday marked the busiest mailing day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service as people hustled and bustled to get their holiday packages off on time. ...more

December 15, 2009

Freedom High senior Joe Gazzillo has a sweet treat bound for troops deployed to Afghanistan. He has collected about 250 pounds of candy since Halloween to send to his cousin and other Marines in the war zone. Bags of snack-sized M&Ms, Almond Joy, Snickers and other assortments of candies poking out of plastic containers and boxes fill the foyer at the Gazzillo's suburban home. ...more

December 13, 2009

Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife. ...more

December 31, 2008

Family members and personnel with the 320th Army Military Police this week sent more than 200 holiday packages to troops serving in Iraq. The packages should arrive in the Middle East in four or five days. ...more

December 5, 2008

Although it seems like we just put those Halloween decorations away, it's not too early to start prepping for the winter holidays, particularly when it comes to sending packages to our troops overseas. In fact, Thursday is the deadline for sending holiday packages overseas using Parcel Post to all Air/Army Post Office or Fleet Post Office ZIP codes. Here are some tips for sending treats to the troops: ...more

November 10, 2008

The United States Postal Service says the roughly 490 pieces of Priority Mail that burned in the Interstate 4 wrecks on Wednesday came from Southwest Florida. ...more

January 10, 2008

SEBRING — Have a gift you want to send out before Christmas? For standard mail, Monday was the deadline, and deadlines are fast approaching for express mail. ...more

December 18, 2007

After 20 minutes, Jim Trent decided it was time to go in after his wife. ...more

December 18, 2007

TAMPA - Present-buying procrastinators might have an easier time with their long-distance gift giving this year because post offices are offering extended weekend hours for the holidays. ...more

December 12, 2007