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Top Headlines: $185,000 Cigar, DUI Manslaughter, Safety and Improvements at Crest Lake Park

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About 50 residents came to talk about safety and improvements for Crest Lake Park at the Skycrest Neighbors Association meeting Tuesday. What are your ideas for fun at the park?

2. Social Media Enlisted to Help Solve Jason Paul Stabbing

A Facebook page was recently created in an effort to solve the Jan. 6 murder, in which the 22-year-old's body was discovered a block from his house at a Clearwater park. Melissa Dohme, who was brutally attacked by her ex-boyfriend nearby, also commented on safety at the park.

3. VIDEO: Lokey Building Demolition

Watch as the Lokey Building, one of the city's oldest structures, is torn down as part of plans to renovate the Capitol Theatre in downtown Clearwater.

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CigarsDirect.com recently brokered a deal for the 1,600-pound stogie.

5. DUI Manslaughter Charge For Clearwater Woman in Passenger's Death

The 32-year-old Clearwater woman was charged in connection with an October crash near the Bayside Bridge in which a passenger was partially ejected from her car and died, investigators said.

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