- Manatee police briefs: Man faces charges of sexual battery
A man who previously lived in Manatee is facing charges of sexual battery locally and in Pasco County, where he and the reported victim now live.
- Men arrested on burglary charges
Two men have been arrested on charges stemming from several burglaries in Manatee.
- Ex-Manatee resident charged with sexual battery of girl
A 63-year-old, former Manatee County resident has been arrested in Hudson, Fla., and charged with capital sexual battery of a girl, the sheriff's office said Wednesday.
- Boy, 2, killed by truck
A motorist struck and killed a 2-year-old boy Sunday afternoon after the toddler snuck out the front door of his family's home in the Bayshore Gardens area.
- Volunteers of America
Published: Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. Volunteers of America of Florida's Manatee program is opening the Odds and Ends Thrift store.
- Trial of man accused of dressing as UPS and attacking woman
Testimony began today in the trial of a man who police say pretended to be a UPS employee and attacked a 56-year-old Bradenton woman inside her home last year.
- Local shelters provide residents peace of mind
With Tropical Storm Fay coming ashore about 120 miles south of Manatee County early Tuesday morning, those residents who had spent the night in the county's five storm shelters were breathing much easier by ...
- Volunteer for Meals on Wheels
Published Friday, July 11, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 5:10 p.m. Northern volunteers have returned home, leaving many volunteer positions available at several programs of Meals on ...
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- PostNet store raising money to help troops
Published Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 11:40 p.m. Last updated Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 11:40 p.m. A local store is joining PostNets across the nation to raise money for the Fisher House Foundation, an ...
- Kindness, compassion friends' lifeline
Kindness is the bedrock of the friendship shared by single moms Rusceen Norman and Dawn Williams-Johnson. When they were 8, Norman won a bike at an Easter egg hunt and gave it to her Bayshore Elementary School ...
- State citrus forecast steady
Florida's 2007-2008 orange crop estimate remained steady at 168.5 million boxes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which Tuesday released a revised citrus forecast.
- Neighbors also hurt by foreclosure
Michael Walding, a 31-year-old bartender, is hard at work sprinkling the lawn and trimming palm trees in the yard of his quaint Bayshore Gardens home.
- Suspects sought in violent purse snatching
Authorities are searching for two suspects after a woman had her purse snatched in the Bayshore Gardens Shopping Plaza off of U.S. 41 a little after 6 p.m. Saturday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's ... via Bradenton Herald
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- Reuniting victims and loot
"I'm less vulnerable now and not as naive as I once was"
Vincent Eurice spent four hours Monday sifting through thousands of items sprawling across the parking lot of the Sheriff's Office. via HeraldTribune.com
- Man shot; suspect on run
One man was shot during a confrontation in a neighborhood south of West Bradenton, and the hunt for a suspect before midnight centered on Westbury Villas, a sheriff's lieutenant said. via Bradenton Herald
- Trailer Estates to talk Sunshine
"I'm very pleased with going forward and having the workshop"
Several Trailer Estates residents angry with elected officials over possible Sunshine Law violations won a small victory this week after the park's governing board decided to brush up on the law during a ... via Bradenton Herald
