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Army Sgt. 1st Class Ommy Irizarry died Sunday when a small plane crashed with him and his daughter, Oceana, while they walked on a beach near Venice. Oceana died Tuesday.
Photo via Bay News 9.

9-year-old girl hurt in Venice plane crash dies

The 9-year-old girl involved in the Venice Beach plane crash has died, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. 3 hours ago

Crime

Stacy Charette, illegal interception of communication, $1,500 bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on July 29, 2014

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail. 11 minutes ago

Sports

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi delivers to the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning of an interleague baseball game Monday, July 28, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Odorizzi goes 7 strong, Rays beat Brewers 2-1

Jake Odorizzi helped the Tampa Bay Rays get a bounceback win.

Business

Port Manatee has received $1.8 million in security grants, part of which will be used to modify its operations at the port's south gate.
GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

FEMA grant to add capacity, access at Port Manatee

Port Manatee will put $2.3 million into security improvements over the next two years intended to make the port more accessible for training events and for shipping clients.

Opinion

PAUL VIDELA/pvidela@bradenton.com
A stroll through the Village of the Arts last Friday yielded many interesting sights like this mural at the corner of 12th St W and 11th St W.

Bradenton's Village of the Arts continues upward trajectory

Sometimes simple measures mean the world to neighborhood improvement. In the case of Village of the Arts, a small boundary extension would pay big dividends.

Living

Leigh Tesar, a nurse practitioner with MD2U, examines patient Badia Bouhamid in her home at the Meadows in Sarasota. MD2U is a new medical service offered in Manatee and Sarasota counties where a nurse practitioner visits home-bound patients.
GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

MD2U brings 'concierge-like' medical care to Bradenton's homebound

MD2U has just come to the Bradenton and Sarasota area for home-bound patients.

Don't worry about me. The Sharknado Evacuation map supplied by Syfy network places me, as a resident of Lower Manhattan, smack in the zone most in peril this sharknado season. But I'll be ready. 42 minutes ago