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Toy shop volunteers engineer smiles

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - At The Christmas Toy Shop in St. Petersburg, Santa's elves are mighty busy. Volunteers keep the place running by getting used toys running. The shelves are stacked with donated toys and games.

Missing a part? No problem. Ginny Murray will go fishing for a replacement. "Close your mouth," she says, dangling a line over some revolving plastic fish. "Yes, it works now."

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Put your paw in at Animal Services’ Pinellas Paws Cause holiday event

Put your paw in at Animal Services’ Pinellas Paws Cause holiday event

Pinellas County Animal Services will celebrate the holidays with the Pinellas Paws Cause festivities on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The pet-friendly event is being held to support the Animal Welfare Trust Fund and will keep tails wagging with entertainment, demonstrations, vendors, food and more.

Traffic Alert: All lanes reopened at MLK & 79th Ave.

St. Petersburg, Florida -- All four lanes on Dr. Martin Luther King N. and 79th Avenue N. have reopened, after they were blocked Monday morning when a semi crashed into cement power pole, knocking it into the street.

Traffic was reopened shortly before noon.

Pier designs on display at museum

Pier designs on display at museum

St. Petersburg, Fla. -- Starting Tuesday, you can check out the three pier concepts on display at the Museum of Fine Arts. It's part of a special exhibit hosted by the St. Petersburg Museum of History from Dec. 6 - 30.

The museum is located at the base of the current pier approach at 335 Second Ave. N.E. The exhibit, "Look, Think, Share," will be free and open to the public for comment.

Hours of the exhibit will be:

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13-year-old disappears with man she met online

Winter Haven, Florida - Winter Haven Police say a 13-year-old girl who was reported missing over the weekend was with a 26-year-old man she met in an online dating service.

Matthew Calvin was arrested after investigators say he picked up Lorei Mashea-Hale Parkins, provided her alcohol and then took her to Pinellas County over the weekend.

Police were called Friday after Parkins didn't return home from school.  An extensive search began, which ultimately led investigators to her location at Herbert Street in Auburndale.

St. Pete families get Christmas trees from the YMCA

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Christmas will be a little more festive for families in St. Pete thanks to volunteers with the YMCA. The organization adopted 425 families this year, giving 300 of them Christmas trees.

Volunteers with the St. Pete YMCA are playing Santa delivering Christmas one tree at a time.

"It's important to always remember, especially at Christmas time, that there are a lot of folks in the community that aren't blessed as we are, that don't have what we have," says Rick Baker, founder of the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program.

Hear amendment to student assignment policy at next board meeting

Hear amendment to student assignment policy at next board meeting

Pinellas County, FL -- On Tuesday, Dec. 6 the Pinellas County School Board will hold a public meeting for the second reading of the amendment to the student assignment policy.

The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. and the reading will occur around 7 p.m. in the conference hall of the administrative building, located at 301 4th St. S.W. in Largo.