Oktoberfestivities [Times photo: Jill Sagers] Cassandra Stafisz and Danielle Severe, both 12 and from Oldsmar, ride the Sizzler at the fifth annual Top O' the Bay Oktoberfest at R.E. Olds Park on Shore Drive in Oldsmar. The event continues today and Sunday.

Federal money buttresses bridge plan
CLEARWATER -- It's official: The city has a windfall of $10-million in new federal funding to rebuild its bridge from downtown to Clearwater Beach.

Explorer inquiry ends with no charges
Prosecutors say no one in the Largo Police Department will be charged in the Explorer scandal because the statute of limitations has run out.

Wife says her spending was all for love
The woman says she spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for her 92-year-old husband and with his approval.

Writers publish treasury of works
TARPON SPRINGS -- It's 10 a.m. on a Friday morning, and the members of the group are doing the same thing they always do at this time, the thing they love best.

STAR Center's new tenant: crime fighter
SEMINOLE -- A multimillion-dollar plant that makes computerized equipment to help law enforcement agencies across the country solve crimes will open in January.

Touting Safety Harbor shops on agenda
A task force will consider how to advertise businesses without creating clutter.

Buc shines light on civil rights
Shaun King is paying for an Academy Prep course exploring the history of the rights movement.

Tarpon Springs in 2020 is coming into focus
A consultant's study envisions a renewed downtown with a central park and a hotel near the Anclote River.

Good deed is lesson learned
A lost quarter, a wallet full of cash and a missing bag of groceries all add up to one thing: One honest little boy.

Promoting a peaceful death
An activist for the right-to-die movement says the group's message is gaining acceptance throughout the world.

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