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Up to 3 suspects sought in Palmetto homicide

Manatee County Sheriff's Office asking for help in Palmetto homicide case. Read More»

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1 child dead, 11 hurt in I-75 crash; alcohol charges filed against driver

One child killed, 11 people injured in Interstate 75 crash.

Robert M. Beall, left, and son E.R. Beall, right, in downtown Beall's store around 1940. BRADENTON HERALD FILE PHOTO

Bealls Turns 100: Bradenton's retailer celebrates centennial

Bradenton's Bealls Department Stores is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2015. The retailer...

Local News

Manatee Technical College's State Road 70 campus recently won first place in the Florida Educational Facilities Planners Association design award. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

Manatee Technical College celebrates award as it takes on challenges

FAWLEY|BRYANT recently announced that the Manatee Technical College State Road 70 Main Campus won the Florida Educational Facilities Planners Association (FEFPA) First Place design award at their annual Winter Conference in Amelia Island.

Crime

Amber Ingram, probation violation, no bond

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked at the Manatee County jail on May 1, 2015

Here are the latest inmates booked into Manatee County jail Sunday, March 1, 2015.

Sports

Philadelphia's Andrew Wenger, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring the Union's third goal late in the first half of Saturday's IMG Suncoast Pro Classic final against the New York Red Bulls at IMG Academy Stadium.
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IMG Suncoast Pro Classic | First tourney is a keeper for champion Philadelphia Union

MANATEE -- It was a tale of two goalkeepers.

Business

Bealls Turns 100: Bradenton's retailer celebrates centennial

Bradenton's Bealls Department Stores is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2015. The retailer has survived world wars, the Great Depression and more to thrive during its 100 years. Now, it will create a new store called Bunulu to help celebrate.

Opinion

Fla. State Rep. Greg Steube, left, and State Sen. Bill Galvano pose with FDOT Secretary Ananth Prasad, center, at a lunch meeting Thursday. MATT M. JOHNSON/Bradenton Herald

BRADENTON HERALD EDITORIAL | Galvano, Steube to play key roles in the Florida Legislature

While Tuesday's formal ceremonies, grand speeches and photo opportunities mark the official opening of the Legislature's regular session, the pomp will mask the many weighty and transformational issues on the agenda.

Nation/World

A woman in training to become a police officer with a PKM machine gun at a shooting range in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2, 2014. Hiring and training policewomen in Afghanistan have been key priorities of Western governments and funders, but those efforts have run up against the sexual taboos that haunt every interaction between men and women in the country, and female officers have become frequent targets of harassment or worse.

For Afghan policewomen, history of repression adds to danger

Hiring and training policewomen have been key priorities of Western governments and funders, but those hopes ran up against the sexual taboos that haunt every interaction between men and women in Afghanistan. 25 minutes ago