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  • 1 month ago | thv11.com | Dave Wagner

    FLORIDA, USA — In the wild waters of Florida, search and rescue teams are looking for life — and sometimes the secrets of death. After decades of using dogs to track the scent of missing people, Mike Hadsell of Peace River K9 Search and Rescue has added a new animal to his arsenal. He is training an otter to find people. "'Splash' is trained to locate and identify the odor of human remains.

  • 1 month ago | wtsp.com | Dave Wagner

    FLORIDA, USA — In the wild waters of Florida, search and rescue teams are looking for life — and sometimes the secrets of death. After decades of using dogs to track the scent of missing people, Mike Hadsell of Peace River Search and Rescue has added a new animal to his arsenal. He is training an otter to find people. "'Splash' is trained to locate and identify the odor of human remains.

  • 2 months ago | wtsp.com | Dave Wagner

    ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Lisa Evers Patterson walks the Gulf beaches near her Englewood, Florida home, relishing life, but she knows a lot about death. In her words, "death became my life's work."  As a palliative care counselor and end-of-life doula, she worked with people who were dying. “I’ve sat with so many people who have died and it’s an experience that’s life-changing,” Patterson said. Today, Lisa finds herself coming to terms with her own mortality.

  • Feb 7, 2025 | wtsp.com | Dave Wagner

    TAMPA, Fla. — When it comes to the Super Bowl, there is the football on the field and the fashion off. “In the NFL, I feel like a lot of people have made it a very, very big deal,” Tampa clothing designer Jordan Lally said. At his Super Bowl party in New Orleans on Wednesday, former Eagles center Jason Kelce sported a Reese’s varsity jacket, custom-designed by Lally. Lally started Blank Slate Customs just two years ago. “It has really blown up,” she said.

  • Feb 7, 2025 | abc10.com | Dave Wagner

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In a St. Petersburg house, there is a living room filled with play toys belonging to a precocious preschooler, named Apollo. The four-year-old African Grey parrot is a Guinness World Record holder. “He identified 12 things in three minutes, and that’s including snack breaks. Typically it’s four questions for a pistachio,” Apollo’s owner Dalton Mason said. From glass to paper to rocks, socks and a Shrek figurine, Apollo speaks perfect English.

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Dave Wagner
Dave Wagner @DaveWagnerTV
2 May 25

Kentucky man wins $167-million #Powerball jackpot, lands in Florida jail. James Farthing accused of fighting hotel patrons, then kicking deputy in face. Girlfriend, Jacqueline Fightmaster, also charged. https://t.co/Do6Nx1WGWH

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Dave Wagner @DaveWagnerTV
26 Sep 24

Rough waters in Tampa Bay with waves lapping onto the Howard Frankland Bridge and I-275. #Helene https://t.co/8R0hYHMYEi

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Dave Wagner @DaveWagnerTV
4 Aug 24

Calm before the tropical storm in Tampa Bay #TropicalStormDebby https://t.co/8XjcUlB05L