The free family event offers a safe Halloween alternative, with candy, games and costume prizes.

Saturday's event at Pinellas Pioneer Settlement, adjacent to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, funds wildlife conservation, with kids 3 and under getting in free.

Corvettes and classic muscle cars lined up in Bradenton Saturday for $20 a car, with proceeds aimed at a decades-old children's charity.

Denali survived third-degree burns from an arson attack in Lutz. Now the therapy dog headlines a children's book launching at East Lake Community Library.