Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of Tampa Bay residents sent their beloved children off to start the school year, some for the very first time. It truly touched my heart to watch it all happen on Facebook from where I sat, atop a pile of disposable income, dressed in free time and nightlife options.
Just real quick: During a rally in South Florida yesterday, Donald Trump may have finally crossed the line between spectacle and honest-to-god performance art.
St. Pete cops are getting a new shooting range, because the current one is old and in "disrepair"; they've shot inside it so many times, say officers, that if it were a person it would definitely be dead by now.
Video was released in order to help identify the man who burglarized a St. Pete boutique for pregnant women last month. Authorities say the man is between 40 and 50, and dumb enough to think a pregnancy boutique was worth burglarizing.
And finally, Walt Disney World announced it's ending the famous Main Street Electrical Parade's run at the Magic Kingdom on October 9. Disney officials attributed the decision to the fact that anybody who can afford a ticket to the Magic Kingdom these days has probably seen a lot of lightbulbs turned on in one place by now.
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This article appears in Aug 11-18, 2016.