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Commission Will Hold Final Budget Workshop Tonight
City officials are expected to examine every aspect of the 2013-14 budget during what could be a marathon session.

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City officials are expected to examine every aspect of the 2013-14 budget during what could be a marathon session.

By utilizing a little-known state law, a developer will have an additional two years to get his downtown condo project off the ground.
A passerby found the 64-year-old woman slumped over on a sidewalk on 59th Avenue Drive W. She later was identified by authorities.
The girl walked in on three juveniles who were allegedly robbing her home. One suspect has been caught, while the other two remain at large.
The boy is in stable condition after being hit by gunfire that was sprayed into his 36th Avenue West home, according to authorities.
Police say the man was walking across the busy street Friday night when he was hit by a Chevy Tahoe.
Larry Kobielnik, who reportedly once served with the Tarpon Springs Police Department, is accused of taking a woman from Clearwater to his Dunedin home, where he sexually battered her before she escaped.
Authorities allege that a Dunedin man and former Tarpon Springs Police officer picked up a woman on Gulf to Bay Boulevard, flashed a badge and gun, then kidnapped her.
A man believed to have broken into several vehicles in Bradenton early Saturday morning was arrested after being tracked — and bitten — by a K-9.
Two suspects fled the scene after pistol whipping the man and stealing his cell phone, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
Dan Flynn stepped down this week after just two years behind the Packers' bench.
Here's another excellent addition to our Sunday Sunset gallery.
The incident could be related to a string of burglaries that took place on Friday, according to the Clearwater Police Department.
Facing a 30-day deadline imposed by the city to close down, the owners of Safety Harbor's Main Street Market decided to shut the tent flaps Friday.
Alicia Marie DaSilva was arrested and charged with three felonies following the July 21 incident in St. Pete Beach.
The deadline to register for the Mattie Williams Neighborhood Family Center event is Friday, August 2nd.
The towering toro is looking over the road from the old K-Mart parking lot.
Local company Bay to Bay Properties will remove a declining live oak in order to build an office building on a Second Street lot.
The network's "Extreme Homes" program filmed at the Whimzeyland complex, owned by local artists Kiaralinda and Todd Ramquist, this week.