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Kingsley Burnett, originally from Jamaica, shared photos and videos of his unexpected journey to the "Treasure State." "I saw the little plane with like nine passengers and wondered, "‘how is that going to get me to Australia?’" Burnett said.Burnett said he was planning on taking a cruise from Sydney harbor. "My story in a bottle ended with Carol Castellano at the American Airlines counter as she tried to send me to the correct place – unfortunately that turned out to be back to NYC after a night out in Billings.

SARASOTA, Fla. - Amid the investigation into a multi-state listeria outbreak, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning retailers who sell ice cream from Big Olaf Creamery in Sarasota not to serve the products to customers until further notice. Health officials with the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspected there was a link to Florida between the 23 people who fell ill with listeria over the last week. Now it appears their suspicions are being confirmed after the Florida Department of Health announced Big Olaf began voluntarily telling its retail customers to pull its products on Saturday.Big Olaf Creamery lists six brick and mortar locations in Sarasota County on its website, along with at least nine other retailers across the state, including Sprinkles Ice Cream Shop in St. Pete Beach, Twistee Treat on Pine Island Road in North Fort Myers, Super Scoops in Treasure Island, and Beverly's Ice Cream in Clearwater Beach.An Amish woman serving ice cream at Big Olaf Creamery.

COPLAY, Pa. - A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Treasure Hunt ticket has won $130,000. The winning ticket was sold for the Thursday, Dec. 23 drawing and matched all five balls drawn.

Canada will trail behind with “Kooz?” playing at the Old Port of Montreal beginning on April 28, 2022.The latest reopenings add to Cirque’s announcement in April of several productions returning to the United States and elsewhere.Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group plans to resume “O” at the Bellagio and “Mystere” at Treasure Island in Vegas on July 1, while “Luzia” will reopen at London’s Royal Albert Hall in January 2022.Its touring division will begin ramping back up in the fall starting with “Kooz?” playing in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, in November.Tickets for most of the shows are already on sale.Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group cancelled its shows last year and cut nearly 3,500 employees due to the pandemic.It was sold to a

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Army Corps of Engineers announced a plan to begin small releases of water from a bloated Lake Okeechobee in an effort curb the threat of a toxic algae bloom over the summer.

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – A handcuffed Florida man died after bolting from police custody and jumping into Boca Ciega Bay, where he drowned, authorities said.Treasure Island police arrested Donnie Brownlow Jr., 33, after responding to a domestic disturbance Sunday evening around 7:40 p.m., the Tampa Bay Times reported. He was in custody on charges of domestic battery, obstruction, felony driving while license suspended and violation of probation.An officer was escorting Brownlow to a van that would bring him to jail when he made a run for it, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.Paramedics from the Treasure Island Fire Department pulled Brownlow from the water and performed CPR.

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – A Florida man was arrested after confronting a child wearing a mask at a restaurant and spitting in his face when the boy refused to take it off, police said.Jason Copenhaver approached the child's table Sunday and asked the boy if he was wearing a mask, according to Treasure Island police. Authorities did not release the boy’s age.The 47-year-old allegedly told the child to take it off.

Booking image for Jason Copenhaver TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. - A Pinellas County man is facing charges after police said he assaulted a child for wearing a mask at a restaurant.The incident occurred Sunday night at Ricky T's in Treasure Island. Police said 47-year-old Jason Copenhaver walked up to the boy who was sitting at a table wearing a mask, and told him to take it off.Police said the suspect also asked the child if he could shake his hand.

PALM BAY, Fla. – Palm Bay won’t be hosting its usual Fourth of July event this year due to coronavirus social distancing guidelines, but the city is offering an alternative for residents who still want to celebrate the holiday.