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Mizzou was patient with a Sun Belt coach. Will it work for Gators?
DALLAS — A former Sun Belt championship coach was middling after his first couple years in the SEC, and hot seat speculation was starting up. “Not a lot of hope,” Missouri quarterback Brady Cook said. “Not a lot of belief around the program.”. The Tigers are different...
Lottery ticket worth more than $100,000 sold at Tampa Publix
A Florida lottery player is getting richer after buying a ticket worth more than $100,000. The person tried their luck on a Fantasy 5 game ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the drawing late Monday, according to results posted on the Florida Lottery website. The winning numbers: 7-11-25-31-32.
Rewritten Florida abortion amendment statement criticized as a ‘dirty trick’
TALLAHASSEE — A state panel late Monday finished revising a “financial impact statement” that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights — with amendment supporters accusing the panel of a “dirty trick to mislead voters.”. Financial impact statements...
Florida lawyer donates $1 million to family of victim of attempted Trump assassination
A Florida lawyer has pledged to donate $1 million to the family of the man killed during an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday. Orlando attorney and megadonor Dan Newlin said he felt “called upon to help fellow Americans.” He will also give...
Biden said political violence was ‘unheard of’ in US | Fact check
As law enforcement investigates an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, his political opponent President Joe Biden condemned the violence and characterized it as outside the norm. “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of. It was...
Trump pollster predicts they’ll win Florida by double digits
Donald Trump’s chief pollster predicted Tuesday that the former president’s campaign would “win Florida by double digits,” blowing out his previous victories in the state. “I’m old enough to remember when Florida was the ultimate swing state in presidential elections,” campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio said during...
Florida developer Sergio Pino dead in apparent suicide amid FBI activity at his home
Developer Sergio Pino died in an apparent suicide after FBI agents arrived at his Cocoplum home early Tuesday amid an investigation related to threats made against his estranged wife, Tatiana Pino, multiple sources told the Miami Herald. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s office confirmed that Pino, 67, died inside his home...
Now that the makeover is complete, what are we to make of Lightning?
TAMPA — Put down the tissues and grab your wits. Crying time is over, and you’re going to want to see this. Two weeks after the saddest goodbye in franchise history, the Lightning are a different team. Less lovable but maybe more formidable. Less recognizable but more rational.
Clearwater council suspends open public comment to quell YouTube ‘circus’
CLEARWATER — Members of the public will not be allowed to address the City Council about topics not on the agenda for the next three months to reset what Mayor Bruce Rector said “has become a circus” due to disruptions by YouTube activists. For much of the...
St. Petersburg City Council talk loose ends of Rays stadium deal
ST. PETERSBURG — After several delays, drafts marked up in red by lawyers and reams of petitions and letters for and against, a new baseball stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays and surrounding redevelopment appears to be headed for approval later this week. City Council members received a quick...
Pinellas attorney John Trevena seriously injured in hit-and-run crash
John Trevena felt his knees explode with pain as he was thrown against the dashboard of his car. Then he felt nothing. Trevena dialed 911 from inside the smashed Volkswagen Beetle. “I think I’m paralyzed,” he told the dispatcher. Trevena, a Pinellas County lawyer who has tried a...
As critics decry religion in classrooms, some fear how far Florida will go
Oklahoma is mandating Bible lessons in public schools. Louisiana is requiring display of the 10 commandments in classrooms. As the national debate churns over the role of religion in public schools, Florida, too, stands near the center of the storm. Its law to permit chaplains in classrooms, which took effect...
Fla. lawmaker said VP Harris was co-sponsor of the Green New Deal | Fact check
Vice President Kamala Harris has attracted heightened attention, including from critics and the media, amid continued bipartisan questions about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office after his roundly criticized debate performance June 27. On July 7, during “Fox News Sunday,” host Shannon Bream asked Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., about...
Martinis are suddenly everywhere in Tampa Bay. Why?
TAMPA — There was hardly an espresso martini in sight. Instead, on a Thursday evening in May, dozens of patrons wandered around a room inside the Tampa Edition’s Arts Club clutching long-stemmed martini glasses filled with just that — clear, classic martinis. Some had olives; others had...
This is a ‘last call’ for sanity on the Rays/Hines deal
As every pub crawler knows, when the bartender shouts “last call,” the right thing to do is straighten up and make good decisions — even when your dizzy, less responsible buddies are pressuring you to do the opposite. Thursday is the date for the definitive St. Petersburg City Council vote on the controversial Rays/Hines transaction, and thus the last call for sanity on that milestone issue.
Evan Longoria on Rays’ stadium plans, Trop return, not playing and more
ST. PETERSBURG — Evan Longoria knows Tropicana Field, having played more games there — 725, including regular season and postseason — than anyone. And during last Saturday’s first in-season visit back since being stunningly traded to the Giants in December 2017, the all-time Rays great said he is hopeful the team gets approval to build its planned new stadium on adjacent land and eager to see how the project develops.
Citizen accuses St. Petersburg council chair of voting in favor of donors
A constituent has filed an ethics complaint against the chairperson of the St. Petersburg City Council who voted in favor of donors to her re-election campaign when their business came before the council. In a complaint to the Florida Commission on Ethics, Lakewood Estates resident Bradlee McCoy documented how his...
St. Pete City Council candidate wants your vote, but never voted locally
Donald Bowens Jr. says his political role models are state Sen. Darryl Rouson, former state Rep. Frank Peterman and current St. Petersburg City Council members Gina Driscoll and Copley Gerdes, to name a few. But he’s never voted for any of them because Bowens, 36, has never voted in Pinellas...
Challenges loom for new school year in Tampa Bay districts
The big story: Longtime Hillsborough County educator Van Ayres is about to embark on his second year leading Florida’s third-largest school district. He’s got several challenges ahead, including the potential loss of more students to voucher programs and more teachers to neighboring districts that pay better. Yet Ayres...
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...
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