Dave Wagner

Feb 6, 2025 | wtsp.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.

Jan 16, 2025 | wtsp.com | Dave Wagner

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Thursday's spacewalk offered a breathtaking glimpse into the extraordinary world beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams worked outside the International Space Station (ISS), giving the world a front-row seat to a spectacle that few experience firsthand. Retired St. Petersburg astronaut Nicole Stott watched in awe and compared it to her own journeys among the stars. “The cameras are so much better than when I did mine,” Stott shared with a laugh.

Nov 18, 2024 | wtsp.com | Dave Wagner

TAMPA, Fla. — Amid the breathtaking beauty of Tampa Bay, there is a constant current of change for the Tampa Bay harbor pilots. In an ocean that can turn from peaceful to perilous, the pilots are required to have a calm voice and a steady hand.   “You really do have to know how to work under pressure. You’ve got to be quick on your feet. You’ve got to be on point all the time,” pilot Tevin Freeman said.

Aug 2, 2024 | wtsp.com | Dave Wagner

TAMPA, Fla. — As the Olympic games continue in Paris, a Tampa man has developed an innovative technique to prepare Olympic and other athletes for competition. For him, it’s about the brain, not the brawn. “Mine is not really psychology, it’s neurology. I’m interested in getting them to control their body through their brains,” Tom Maloney said. Casey Eichfeld is a Team USA canoeist, competing in Paris, and a client of Maloney.

Mar 25, 2024 | wtsp.com | Dave Wagner

TAMPA, Fla. — She is an actress and model, but for Tampa’s Brianna Borello, beauty is not skin deep. It lives within her, thanks to a boy who gave her the gift of life. When Brianna was in middle school, she began noticing changes in her health.  “I started to gain a lot of weight.  My cholesterol was really high.  They were concerned I was going to have a heart attack in eighth grade,” she said. It was not until three years later that a biopsy confirmed she had kidney disease.