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Back to health, Florida panther released back to the wild

The cat is believed to be one of about 160 Florida panthers now roaming the state and the third ...

Coming Sunday: Innocents Lost

The Miami Herald reports that since 2008, more than 475 children -- including 15 in Manatee County...

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Maggie Lorentzen, 8, of Brandon, enjoys the waters of Anna Maria Island Monday. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

Spring breakers fill Anna Maria Island to the brim

A slow drive through the Manatee Public Beach's parking lot on Monday makes it evident: spring break is in full swing - and tourists have arrived to indulge on Anna Maria Island. On Monday, the beach's sandy parking lot was filled with license plates...

Crime

Kristin Smith, four counts fraud, $6,000 bond

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

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

Sports

Tudor United Sportscar Series pro drivers Jan Heylen, left, and Patrick Long watch the on-track action at the 2013 Patrick Long Pro-Am Kart Race. PROVIDED PHOTO

Palmetto's Andersen Racepark to host pro-am kart race to benefit All Children's Hospital

On Sunday, 13 of the best professional sports and Indycar drivers will arrive at Andersen Racepark north of Palmetto to donate their time and talents to raise money for All Children's Hospital by competing in the third annual Patrick Long Pro-Am Kart... 6 minutes ago

Business

Two men exit a Men's Wearhouse store Monday in New York. Men's Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. are moving a bit closer to a possible combination, announcing they are exchanging certain confidential information with each other. Men's Wearhouse Inc. said it's also received a draft merger agreement from Jos. A. Bank. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jos. A. Bank to be acquired by Men's Wearhouse for $1.8 billion

Hampstead, Md.-based Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. will be acquired by rival The Men¿s Wearhouse Inc. for $65 a share in cash, a $1.8 billion deal that ends a months-long hostile takeover fight. 6 minutes ago

Opinion

Florida's teacher evaluation rules defective

Florida's teacher evaluation system bears too many flaws to be worthy of setting standards for performance pay. 6 minutes ago

Living

Don Garlock, Bill Cronin and Connie Herington participate in the easy chair exercise class at the Bradenton YMCA last week.

Seniors come to the YMCA for exercise, stay for the camaraderie

Francis Wiedl, 94, arrives at the Bradenton YMCA on weekday mornings early. He comes for the chair exercise class twice a week where 40 to 50 seniors use chairs for balance or sitting as they do exercise routines that get their heart rates up, strengthen...

Entertainment

Sam Woolf performs during the auditions for "American Idol" in Boston. FOX

Two new ways to support Bradenton's 'American Idol' contestant Sam Woolf

Two Bradenton businesses offer new ways to show support for "American Idol" contestant Sam Woolf. 27 minutes ago

Lakewood Ranch

Mac Carraway, president of Schroeder Manatee Ranch Farms LLC, and turfgrass production manager Gary Bradshaw perch atop a partially loaded semi truck carrying Empire Zoysia sod, a popular lawn grass used in the southeast and Texas.TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

SMR Farms thrives among big growth in Lakewood Ranch

The farms at Lakewood Ranch owned by the developers of the master-planned community are thriving among all the residential and commercial growth.

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