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Florida Man Wins $1 Million Scratch-Off
SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida - The Florida Lottery announced that Charles Kelly, Jr., 53, of St. Petersburg, claimed a $1 million top prize from the $5 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. The Pinellas County man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of...
Bay Area animal rescues struggling to stay afloat amid rising vet bills and spike in strays
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - The Suncoast Animal League in Palm Harbor had to pause animal intakes for the first time in its 18 years of existence. "We’ve always prided ourselves on when an animal comes to us, and it needs something, no matter what that something is, we provide it to them," said Rick Chaboudy, Executive Director of the Suncoast Animal League.
🌳Parks and recs and effects
🌳Welcome to another week. The outcry has been deafening against the state government's plans to turn protected state park lands into golf courses and pickleball courts. Even Republican U.S. Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio protested the governor and DEP's rushed schedule to rip out trees and grasslands. ...
Spice up your weekend at the 24th annual ‘I Like It HOT!’ festival
LARGO, Fla. (BLOOM) – Prepare your taste buds for a fiery weekend as the 24th Annual I Like It HOT! Festival returns to Largo on September 14 and 15. This year’s event promises to bring the heat with a sizzling lineup of hot sauces, tacos, and spicy delights that will set your mouth ablaze. Held […]
Ruth Eckerd Hall to present RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars
CLEARWATER — RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Live will visit the Tampa Bay area on Thursday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m., at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater. This show is for ages 18 and older. Tickets start at $38.25. Call 727-791-7400 or visit www.rutheckerdhall.com. Enter the...
New bat dog for Clearwater Threshers makes unforgettable field debut
CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBS) -- A furry friend of the Phillies is taking center stage this weekend and we aren't talking about the Phanatic.Lucy May, the Clearwater Threshers' newest bat dog had herself a field day during her third-inning debut at BayCare Ballpark Friday evening.The Single-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Threshers, AKA the Clearwater Beach Dogs, may have fallen to the Dunedin Blue Jays in Friday's matchup, but the team will surely remember the game for a different reason.Ten-month-old Lucy May is taking over her adopted older sister, Layla's job as the Threshers' bat dog. Layla retired during a game...
Clearwater Threshers' new bat dog picks up reins from older sister
Lucy, the Clearwater Threshers' new bat dog, has big shoes to fill.Yes, but: Luckily, her predecessor happens to be her adopted sister. Layla retired from the job last month after six years, with a video of her last round of fetch tugging at heartstrings across the internet.Driving the news: Lucy, a yellow Labrador, will make her debut at tonight's Threshers' game against the Dunedin Blue Jays, the team announced this week. She'll retrieve her first bat in the bottom of the third inning then meet her fans on the concourse behind home plate in the middle of the fourth inning.The game starts at 6:30pm.Yes, and: Tomorrow marks the last Beach Dogs Fridays game of the season, so fans can bring their own dogs to enjoy some baseball, too. Dog ticket sales ($7 per dog) benefit the Humane Society of Pinellas.
Art exhibit on display at Clearwater library is inspired by nature
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Tucked in the middle of the Clearwater Main Library sits an art exhibit called ‘Inspired by Nature.’. "I think the library is a space where people come to be inspired, to open their minds, to learn something new, to be creative, maybe transported to another world through books," said Clearwater Arts Alliance Arts Administrator Kim Turner-Smith. "So, this art gallery in this library space makes a lot of sense because art does the same thing for people. It inspires them. It transports them."
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