The best gift you can give today is to tell your partner how much they mean to you. We assume they know, but sometimes they need to hear it. Those simple, honest words can be the greatest Valentine's Day present in the world. That, or a fried double-decker pizza sort of in the shape of a heart. One or the other, really.
A "pit bull type" dog was shot and killed by a Polk County deputy after attacking a Lakeland Electric employee. I'm blaming the "incompetent irresponsible type" owners.
In Tampa, a man asked a woman to buy cigarettes for him at a dollar store, then robbed and threatened to rape her when it didn't work out. So. Many. Questions. Why did she leave the money on the counter when the clerk told her it wasn't enough for cigarettes? How did the amount of money the man thought she stole from him go from "$5 and change" to one dollar? And they sell cigarettes at the Family Dollar?
A whistleblower lawsuit alleges that the company that owns ambulance company Sunstar Paramedics operated a kickback scheme involving both Pinellas County EMS and Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Were Pinellas taxpayers taken for a ride? Find out at 10! (Sorry.)
And finally, a five-year-old Fort Pierce boy was transported from St. Lucie Elementary School to the hospital after chewing on a used condom he found on the playground. If your Valentine's Day plans include romantically boning your significant other against the cold, hard ground of a well-trafficked outdoor space, please remember to pick up after yourselves, thanks.
This article appears in Feb 9-16, 2017.