The high-profile college basketball analyst waxes poetic _ and offers some picks! _ during lunch in Lakewood Ranch. ...more

March 18, 2009

The woman charged with killing her former lover in East Manatee County on Saturday told authorities she shot the woman in self defense. ...more

January 22, 2009

MANATEE COUNTY - Four drivers had speeding tickets thrown out this week after a judge agreed with their lawsuit that said a school zone on State Road 70 in East Manatee was improperly labeled and had become a "speed trap." ...more

September 25, 2008

In a recent training class, a group of East Manatee teachers each bit their inner cheek, gurgled a mouthful of salt water and then expelled the mix into a test tube in which they added alcohol and then detergent. ...more

July 8, 2008

BRADENTON - A woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend and his rabbit with scissors in a fight this year was found not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday and committed to a state psychiatric hospital. ...more

June 26, 2008

When 69-year-old Brian Duffy heard something at his front door Thursday afternoon, he went to check on it. ...more

June 14, 2008

BRADENTON — A former firefighter who was acquitted in 2004 on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash was arrested Saturday in a hit-and-run crash that authorities say is alcohol-related. ...more

June 1, 2008

BRADENTON - Charles Hill of Bradenton has claimed the $16 million Lotto Plus jackpot after buying a ticket at an east Manatee County convenience store. ...more

May 19, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - When he heard about an eagle that was shot and killed, Larry Byrd of Sarasota was, like many others, absolutely livid, angry enough to offer a reward. ...more

January 17, 2008

EAST MANATEE - Every so often, they went to the little patch of pasture on Lena Road, land owned by a dairy farmer and the home of an American bald eagle and her mate. ...more

January 16, 2008