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A veteran of five different NHL teams, Schmidt sees something special for the Panthers. “To say I wasn’t nervous at the beginning of the year would be wrong because I was like that,” he said with a smile. “I don’t know how to help a team like this, but there’s no need to come from the personality that this team has, the game style, the standards we have, the staff. It’s coming from the bench. It’s coming from the guys in the room.” Schmidt, who is looking for his first Stanley Cup, joined the defending champion on a one-year contract…
The Pickleball Club at St. Petersburg High School was started by students three years ago, and its popularity has doubled in size. The unused tennis court has recently been converted into six dedicated pickleball courts, with students playing every Wednesday after school, including a monthly mini-bracket tournament. Rachel Corral, chairman of the school’s Visual Arts division, is a sponsor of the Pickleball Club. Koral is a certified professional instructor who has been professionally playing for three years. Students prepared for play in the old courthouse and with the help of sponsors and schools, paddles, balls and nets were obtained. Pickleballs…
This is the first time the Justice Department has indicted a suspect in the Tren de Aragua Gang on terrorism charges.The Justice Department added terrorist accusations to the criminal case on April 23 against the alleged high-ranking members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang.In a newly sealed indictment against Jose Enrique Martinez Flores, the Justice Department is pursuing the first time terrorist accusations against the infamous suspects of the Tren de Aragua gang.The State Department designated Venezuelan gangs as foreign terrorist groups in February, and President Donald Trump in March called out alien enemy laws, declaring that gang members “are…
TALHASSEE – An important source of Orlando’s tourism industry’s tax revenues is witnessing the eyes of the Florida home to use money raised from visitors to give homeowners property tax credits. The House tax package will transform the tourism development tax and overturn the key means of marketing agencies visiting Orlando and funding entertainment and sports venues like the Kia Center, home of Orlando Magic. The proposal calls for the acquisition of money raised from tourists and use it to provide Florida homeowners with credit on the property tax bill. For Orange County, a tourist-rich country, the change affects approximately…
Tampa, Fla. (WFLA) – It’s your turn to take on the Florida Senate’s condo reforms. The House passed its own drastic condominium reform measures on Wednesday. The collapse of surfside apartment complexes in 2021 is the reason behind many current rules and requirements of Florida’s current Condominium Association. Miami Republican leader Vicki Lopez is behind the push for new laws aimed at reducing the financial burden on the association and owners. “This is a condo bill you’ve heard so much,” Lopez said. Many members of the House described the struggle for owners, and the elderly who often live in fixed…
Michigan Republicans say they want to bring land use and zoning decisions back to the local hands for wind and solar power.Republicans in the Michigan Legislature have introduced a bill designed to return zoning and land use decisions regarding the proposed green energy project to the community.HB 4027 and 4028 were approved by the Energy Commission on April 22nd. All 10 Republicans voted for the bill, and all seven Democrats voted against them. Now, for further consideration, the measure proceeds to the House floor.None of the seven Democrats on the committee responded to requests for comment at each publication time.In…
My boss took me to a Tampa Bay Rays game earlier this month. Fans filled most of the seats at Stein Brenner Field despite being an in-week game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. This was one of the ideal April evenings to see why baseball is best seen outdoors. It’s warm but comfortable. A slight breeze. The sheetlightning flashed at clouds far from the east. The game sounded better – cleaner and less echoed. More than most sports, national entertainment is a connection to the past. It’s easy to sit outside and get lost in nostalgia. After all, Babe Ruth hit…
st. PETERSBURG – Pinellas County residents, on average, were slightly healthier last year than Florida and most other counties across the country, a national study found.However, the data hides harsh truths in the St. Petersburg region.Black residents in their south downtown neighborhood live five years less than the average Pinellas residents. They are twice as likely to experience the struggle between transportation and access to food.Their children are almost 40% more likely to die as infants.These are some of the inequality that the healthy St. Petersburg Foundation hopes to tackle through a new partnership with Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital. The…
The Mexican was found guilty in 2021 for killing a young California couple while driving drunk in 2021.The Trump administration is currently involved in cases of illegal immigrants who are scheduled to be released from California prisons more than six years earlier.Oscar Eduardo Ortega Anguiano was recently granted early release after being convicted in 2021 for murdering a California couple who crashed while driving drunk.Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained illegal immigrants and he will soon be transferred to ICE custody, the agency confirmed Wednesday.”Oscar Eduardo Ortega Angiano, a two-time illegal alien from Mexico, led to the death of an…
Top Florida universities have agreed that campus police will work with Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in eliminating illegal immigration on university campuses.As reported in campus reform, five of Florida’s largest public universities reportedly signed an agreement to partner with ICE, making it the country’s first university.These schools include the University of Florida Gainesville, University of Florida (UF) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Boca Raton in Boca Raton, University of Central Florida (UCF), University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, and Florida International University (FIU) in Miami.The agreement known as 287(g) allows state…