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Electa Arcotte Lee Middle School achieved a grade of "A" according to the recently released state school grades.
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Manatee County increases number of 'A' schools

The Florida Department of Education released the 2014 school grades on Friday.

Crime

Damien Ross, cocaine trafficking, failure to obey law enforcement officer to stop, reckless driving, no bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on July 11, 2014

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

Sports

Nick Bollettieri thanks his supporters as he gets a street named after him in Bradenton in 2006. TED MASE/Special To The Herald

Bradenton tennis icon Nick Bollettieri to join International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday

It has been a long time coming, but when Nick Bollettieri is inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday, he culminates a career that revolutionized the way the sport is taught.

Business

FILE: John Pasha, center, is the senior vice president of Pasha Automotive Services. The automotive processor brought executives from around the country to Port Manatee in November 2013 to help partner with Pasha's planned facility at the port. Photo provided

Pasha expects to start work at Port Manatee in early 2015

Pasha Automotive Services has confirmed that it will bring its vehicle processing operation to Port Manatee sometime in the next six to eight months.

Opinion

Christopher Patte of France takes on Justinas Kinderis of Lithuania in the men's fencing ladder event during the Modern Pentathlon 2014 World Cup Final at the Sarasota Polo Club.
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Manatee-Sarasota's sports industry enjoying another growth spurt

There's fresh evidence of the region's muscular ability to boost the economy via a growing sports industry.

WASHINGT0N -- In the topsy-turvy world of marijuana politics, conservative Republican Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington state is the unlikely hero of the moment, lauded for trying to protect medical pot users from federal arrest.