I have never before been one-legged. I have never thought of being one-legged, but I am today, which probably makes me the only one-legged sports editor any of you have ever known, and I am proud to be that. ...more

November 26, 2009

Thank you for sharing your thoughts as we mark Veterans Day. ...more

November 11, 2009

A 28-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of a pregnant Bradenton teen Sunday. ...more

July 18, 2009

– Authorities say the parents of a 7-week-old girl broke the child's leg and caused several fractures from repeatedly tugging and squeezing the infant during an argument Sunday. ...more

April 7, 2009

Authorities say a Bradenton woman stabbed an acquaintance from church and then chased another woman with the knife during an argument Monday evening. ...more

March 31, 2009

MANATEE COUNTY – An 82-year-old woman staying in a Bradenton hotel room fought with a purse-snatcher and chased him through the parking lot, according to a Manatee Sheriff's report. ...more

February 12, 2009

Naked and injured from a blow to the head with a jack handle, a man still tangled with his acquaintances and later, the deputies who arrested him, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 8, 2009

When a Manatee County orange grove owner heard one of his employees had been shot in the chest by a stray bullet, he did the responsible boss thing and called the sheriff's office. ...more

January 31, 2009

Two Tampa police officers were treated at a local hospital Thursday after they rescued two people from a burning apartment, police said. ...more

January 23, 2009

Darrell Barchette came to Manatee Memorial Hospital on Saturday night without his left ear. Barchette, 51, of Ruskin, was drunk and uncooperative with investigators, who determined his ear had been removed suspiciously, Manatee County deputies say. But an intoxicated witness said Barchette and another man, Kevin Culbertson, 45, of Bradenton, had fought at a party at Culbertson's home. ...more

November 3, 2008