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Publix Shopper Wins The $110k Jackpot Off A Free Fantasy 5 Ticket
Everyone loves a good Florida Lottery story here in Tampa Bay. One Publix shopper got more than they bargained for when they struck gold on a free Fantasy 5 ticket raking in more than $110,000 in winnings. According to the Florida Lottery, a Publix in Carrollwood gave out a free...
Key August election dates: Monday is deadline to register for Florida primaries and nonpartisan contests
Anyone who wants to vote in the August primaries to nominate party candidates to run in the fall or the nonpartisan summer elections faces a Monday, July 22, deadline to register. It’s also the deadline for anyone who wants to change a party affiliation to vote in a Democratic or Republican primary if they aren’t already registered in that party. For others, voting in the Aug. 20 primaries and ...
While Florida politicians push expensive fossil fuels, utilities are building lots of solar farms
I was in the Panhandle last week visiting family. On the long drive between Pensacola and Jacksonville, I noticed something that made me pull off the interstate and investigate. Not far from the musical sign that marks the bridge over the Suwannee River, I encountered what looked to be a...
Florida Hispanic voters could decide the election. Here are their top issues.
Hispanic voters in Florida are more likely to list affordable housing and gun control as top issues than their non-Hispanic counterparts, a new online survey of nearly 1,400 likely voters in the state found. The poll, conducted from June 13-17 by TelevisaUnivision Consumer Strategy & Insights and Media Predict, offers...
The Key West Art & Historical Society Announces the Acquisition of a Culturally Significant Mario Sanchez Woodcarving
The Key West Art & Historical Society Announces the Acquisition of a Culturally Significant Mario Sanchez Woodcarving. July 16, 2024 – (KEY WEST, FL). The Key West Art & Historical Society announced today the acquisition of a culturally significant woodcarving created by distinguished Cuban American folk artist Mario Sanchez. Joining another 200 Sanchez works already part of its permanent collection, the Society maintains the largest assemblage of the artist’s works and personal artifacts ranging from papers bag sketches to handcrafted paper kites and intricate woodcarvings. This particular work, titled “Elegant Lady” portrays a Bahama Village street scene at the intersection of Petronia and Thomas streets with the Blue Heaven restaurant serving as a backdrop.
Mosquito Control mission set for Tuesday, July 16, in Key West
Because of recent rains, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has scheduled an aerial larviciding mission for Tuesday, July 16, from 6:30 to 10 a.m., over the western portion of Key West. The helicopter mission will be completed, weather permitting, using Bti, which is a mosquito larva-specific soil bacteria. It is mixed with water and applied as a mist to combat Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that can transmit dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika. Keep track of FKMCD aerial adulticide, larvicide and fog truck missions by downloading the treatment notification app at https://keysmosquito.org. For information, call Mosquito Control at 305-292-7190.
KEYS MEDICAL GROUP WELCOMES OTOLARYGOLOGIST/ENT/HEAD AND NECK SURGEON
KEYS MEDICAL GROUP WELCOMES OTOLARYGOLOGIST/ENT/HEAD AND NECK SURGEON. KEY WEST, FL (JULY 15, 2024) – Keys Medical Group welcomes Brien W. Tonkinson, MD, board-certified Otolaryngologist and Head and Neck Surgeon with additional focus on Facial Plastic Surgery. Dr. Tonkinson provides comprehensive medical and surgical care of the ears, nose, throat, head and neck for pediatric and adult patients. Conditions treated include airway conditions, cancers of the head and neck, salivary diseases, thyroid disease, sinusitis and nasal polyps, deviated nasal septum and obstruction, hearing loss, swallowing and voice disorders, tinnitus, tonsil or adenoid infections, tympanic membrane, mastoid, rhinoplasty and rhytidectomy and vertigo and dizziness.
This cultural arts center in Miami’s Liberty City to be renamed after longtime director
When Marshall Davis decide to rename the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center in the early ‘90s, he wanted the community to understand that this was a haven for all Black Americans.
Bascom Palmer Shines in 2024 U.S. News & World Report Rankings
UHealth ranks in a number of specialties, the care of specific diseases and conditions and among the leading health care organizations, regionally. UHealth’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute remains the No. 1 eye hospital in the U.S., according to the newly released 2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings.
REPORT: NBA Bust Royce White Is Getting Exposed For Spending Congressional Campaign Money At Miami Gentlemen’s Club
Royce White, a former Houston Rockets pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, is going insanely viral for the wrong reasons this year. The failed NBA star is trying his hand at politics these days, and things are not going well as The Daily Beast is exposing him for spending thousands of dollars in campaign funds at strip clubs and on luxury items.
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