Top Stories: Teen Tased, Dad's Purple Heart, Downtown's Future

Here are five of the week's top headlines on Tampa Bay Patches:

DOWNTOWN BOOM: Strategic Property Partners released one of the most detailed renderings for its $3 billion project: Water Street Tampa. Strategic Property Partners is a real estate firm backed by Jeff Vinik, owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Cascade Investment, run by billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The site is located on Hillsborough Bay and the Garrison Channel. More than 50 acres in the heart of downtown will become a mixed-use neighborhood that will include 2 million square feet of new office space, including downtown Tampa's first new office towers in nearly 25 years. A New Look At Tampa's $3 Billion Project: Water Street Tampa

GIRL STUNNED: A Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School student was stunned with a Taser after she resisted a Pinellas Park school resource officer during a fight with another female student Thursday afternoon, police said. Students were boarding buses when a fight broke out between two girls. Police did not provide ages of the girls. Resource Officer Uses Taser On Pinellas Middle School Student

VETERANS EXPRESS: Motorists on the Veterans Expressway now have an extra lane to use in each direction between Hillsborough Avenue and Gunn Highway. Drivers can use the express lanes both northbound and southbound at no extra charge. The available express lanes extend for six miles in both directions. Drivers can enter northbound at Hillsborough Avenue with the first accessible exit at Gunn Highway. Drivers Can Use Express Lanes On Veterans Expressway On Saturday

PURPLE HEART: A St. Petersburg man who was born seven months after his father was killed fighting in France during World War II has received his father's Purple Heart medal award that was found recently in a Tampa thrift store. St. Pete Man Receives His Father's WWII Purple Heart Medal

COLD CASE ARREST: Nearly a year after 22-year-old Taylor Anne McAllister was found dead in an alley behind 2101 63 Ave. S., St. Petersburg Police detectives have made arrests in the case. St. Pete Police Make Arrests In Year-Old Death Investigation

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