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Phoenix, AZ

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Tempe, AZ

Greyson F

If you are a lover of fried chicken and chicken sandwiches, the last year or so has probably been heaven for you around metro Phoenix. There have been countless chicken restaurants opening up around the area, some locally bred, but many flying in from outside the state. It’s a long way off from when it was difficult to track down chicken wings back during the pandemic. Now, a local chicken shop that opened just a year ago has already connected with the community and has opened a second location, spreading even more fried chicken goodness to hungry patrons.

Locally Owned Fried Chicken Restaurant Now Open

Tampa, FL

November 29, 2023 - Financial Times has released its second-annual Investing in America report, with Tampa and St. Petersburg placing among the nation’s top 80 cities for foreign multinational business. Tampa fell 16 spots to No. 22, while St. Petersburg plummeted from 33rd to 77th. St. Pete ranked lowest in “foreign business needs” and “openness,” and the study docked Tampa for its “quality of life” and “business environment.”

Tampa, St. Pete among best places for foreign business

Georgia State

Plains, GA

Vanishing Georgia

Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains on 18 August 1927 and grew up in this simple Folk Victorian house. Her parents were Edgar (1896-1940) and Allie Murray Smith (1905-2000). Edgar died from leukemia in 1940 and Allie raised their four children on her own, working numerous jobs around Plains.

Rosalynn Carter's Childhood Home

Hawaii State

Saint Petersburg, FL

A weekly roundup of local real estate deals. A 4,302 square feet, 4 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom Venetian Isles home has hit the market with an asking price of $6 million. The home, located on a cul-de-sac on Hawaii Ave NE, includes 135 feet of waterfront with sweeping views of Tampa Bay.

Places This Week: $6M Venetian Isles home hits the market

Chicago, IL

KevinJamesShay

Suspects in plot arrested in Chicago, Tampa in November 1963. Sixty years ago, Abraham Bolden worked as a Secret Service agent, becoming the first African American in that agency to guard a president. John F. Kennedy onceintroduced him as "the Jackie Robinson of the Secret Service."

Records: Kennedy targeted in Chicago, Florida, right before Dallas

South Carolina State

Charlotte, NC

Erika Marie • OurBlackGirls

In late August 2017, an abandoned vehicle was found on the ramp of the Eastbound I-26 highway in Summerville, South Carolina. When officers ran the plates of the red, four-door 2016 Mazda 6 from North Carolina, it came back to the roommate of 42-year-old Shawna Jones.

Shawna Jones, 42: Charlotte Woman Vanished In 2017 After Borrowing Roommate's Car

Florida State

It’s been nearly 50 years since snow has been spotted in St. Pete, but this weekend, it’ll almost feel like the real thing. The City of St. Petersburg is hosting its annual Snowfest event Dec. 2. The festive event includes family-friendly activities, inflatables, fire trucks, food trucks and the biggest draw of all – faux snow. Sixty-five tons of snow, to be exact.

‘Snow’ forecast for St. Pete this weekend

Monica Kile believes preservationists and local officials should use “more carrots and less sticks” to save St. Petersburg’s historic buildings from the wrecking ball. Kile is a historian and tour guide with I Love the Burg. She highlighted the city’s 131-year-old history at the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership’s Nov. 29 Developer’s Council Meeting.

Can preservation and development offer mutual benefits?

Michigan State

A pair of exhibits opening Friday at the St. Petersburg Museum of History explore the American experience from decidedly different angles. American Soldier: Conflicts, Shipwrecks, and The Homefront combines several sub-exhibits on American military history, while A Private Collection spotlights a collection of 26 original paintings by South Florida’s original Highwaymen.

Museum of History exhibits spotlight soldiers and painters

Natalie Frank, Ph.D.

Mayor Brandon Johnson highlights concerns over political divisions, targeting of Democratically-run cities. In a formal statement, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has attributed the challenges facing his city to what he characterizes as a "raggedy form of right-wing extremism." He firmly asserts that this extremist ideology specifically targets democratically-run cities, particularly those led by people of color, accusing them of intentionally creating division.

Chicago Mayor Blames Extreme Right; "They’re Still Mad That a Black Man is Free in This Country"

West Virginia State

Charleston, WV

Michael Ramsburg

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Buck firearm season begins on Monday, Nov. 20 in all but four West Virginia counties. As one of the most popular hunting seasons in the state, the two-week period which this year runs through Dec. 3 sees a large harvest of deer -- nearly 49,000 in 2022 alone.

Bag a big buck? The governor wants to see it

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

An employee of Salvation Army Crossroads shelter for people experiencing homelessness told Mayor Mike Johnston on Tuesday that the shelter is unsafe and he’s not excited about the organization winning contracts to operate the city’s homeless hotels.

Crossroads employee: Homeless shelter in Denver is unsafe

In a recent cover story, “The Most Powerful Women in Credit Unions 2023,” American Banker noted that four of the top 10 credit unions in the country are run by women, double what there were in 2022. These numbers get even more interesting because Tampa-based Suncoast Credit Union,...

‘Most Powerful’ credit union list includes Suncoast CGO

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The Catalyst interview: Avett Brother Bob Crawford

North Carolina’s Seth and Scott Avett have been at or very near the top rung of Americana music for two decades. They are genre-defying multi-instrumentalists who...

The Catalyst interview: Avett Brother Bob Crawford

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