Good morning, and happy #givingtuesday. If you'd like to participate in the annual charitable activities but aren't sure exactly where to make a contribution, we might have a few ideas.
Nine train cars derailed as a freight train traveled through Lakeland early Monday morning, with some leaking molten sulfur, a hazardous material. Cue the most boring episode of Supernatural ever, in which Sam and Dean hang around Brew Hub and passive-aggressively not tell each other how they feel until they realize no demons are in town.
Approximately 60 teachers and other staff members walked out of Leto High School in Tampa yesterday at 3:15 p.m. in protest of the pay raises that were promised but not delivered to Hillsborough County educators. Teachers across the county are also "working the contract" this week — meaning they're working exactly the 8 hours per day their contracts require, and not the additional hours every teacher everywhere in America puts in every single day. "If they don't like it they can always quit," said somebody who inherited a family business upon which the future of humanity in no way hinges.
A Pasco man was arrested Sunday and charged with intentionally shooting a 4-year-old in the neck with a pellet gun as punishment for not sitting down. Idiot — insolent kid season doesn't open until December 1 in Pasco. (Bonus: Satanic goat pupil mugshot goodness.)
And finally, residents of southeast Seminole Heights are working together to put Christmas lights on every home and street to "light the Heights" and aid the patrols that continue in the wake of four unsolved shootings. What? No, you're crying. This is… allergies.
This article appears in Nov 23-30, 2017.
