The Florida Python Challenge Is Back, and It’s Seeking Hunters to Kill Invasive Snakes for a $10,000 Grand Prize

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will run from July 10 through July 19, with a $10,000 grand prize to whoever removes the ...

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Florida Python Challenge returns after last year’s record removal

FWC announces winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— In just about a week, registered participants ...
The Journal Gazette

Community Update: A calendar of area classes, fundraisers and events

The Debutants, a seven-piece “Indiana Newgrass” band from Fort Wayne, will present Hoot Camp in partnership with Purdue Fort ...

In Test: Elixir's 1.20 New Intelligent Type System

Report do def user_age_to_string(user) do Integer.to_string(user.age) end end # An anderer Stelle im Projekt: Report.user_age_to_string(%{age: "42"}) Integer.to_string/1 is Elixir's usual notation for ...

Python meat should never be on the menu. Here's why

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...

'Just icky'. Florida hunter cracks open a python egg on video

Professional python hunter Amy Siewe recently posted a video on her Facebook page showing her cutting open a snake's egg to see what it looks like.
Billboard

Billy Strings Breaks Leg in Backstage Skateboarding Accident During Charlottesville Show, Reschedules Tour Dates (UPDATE)

"I had every intention of carrying on with the tour and Dave Grohling it," Strings said, revealing that the Foo Fighters frontman offered his throne. By Gil Kaufman UPDATE: After the original story ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Makes His Debut on ‘Tiny Desk’ After Sending Audition Tape: ‘It Only Took 12 More Years’

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...
People

Billy Strings Says He's Still in 'Denial' Over His Mom's Shocking Cause of Death: 'It Was Just Unnecessary'

The bluegrass musician's mom Debra died of a drug overdose in June Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...