Property tax increase off the table in Manatee

A small crowd lined up at the front doors of the South Florida Museum on Tuesday morning as the facility reopened after the drowning death Sunday of Snooty, Manatee County’s long-time beloved mascot.

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New swimming pool could honor Snooty the manatee

Property tax increase off the table in Manatee

They dragged a shark at high speed behind their boat. The state is investigating this video.

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World Rowing Championships announce nearly 50 confirmed nations

The United States is expected to have the largest contingent with more than 100 athletes and trainers.

Toughest three-game stretches on area HS football schedules

Verbal jab at IMG is likely to come back to bite Baylor football coach Matt Rhule

Rays hang on for 5-4 win over Orioles

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Driver part of larger human-smuggling scheme, investigator says

A U.S. immigration official says investigators believe a truck driver accused in the deaths of 10 people found inside a packed, sweltering tractor-trailer is part of a larger organization involved in human smuggling.

Senate rejects broad Obamacare repeal bill

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Illinois woman sentenced to prison in cancer fraud case

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Boy Scouts of America distances itself from Trump following outrage over speech

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North Carolina woman on comforting crying boy on transatlantic flight: It's not like I had a plan

Jul 26, 2017

Rochel Groner comforted wailing boy on 8 hour flight between Brussels and New York on July 14. Her compassion for the boy, who she and her husband believe had autism, circulated widely online.

David T. Foster III The Charlotte Observer