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Explore Selby Gardens and view life-size garden-themed holiday lights presented by Lights in Bloom creator Bob McComb, 6-9 p.m. Dec. 20-23 and 26-30. PUBLICITY PHOTO

2013 Holiday event calendar

Check out our list of fun holiday-related events in Manatee, Sarasota and beyond

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Developer John Neal listens as Manatee County planner John Osborne goes over zoning map details of the area where the Robinson Farms development is proposed in northwest Bradenton.TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

Manatee Commission OKs settlement, rezone for Robinson Farms

Manatee commissioners' resolution on Robinson Farms also provides settlement to lawsuit in circuit court.

Crime

Todd Kelley, fraud, $1,500 bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on Dec. 6, 2013

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

Sports

ADD UPDATES ABOUT NO CHARGES FILED - FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013, file photo, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston watches from the sidelines during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Bethune-Cookman in Tallahassee, Fla. Search warrants, released Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in the sexual assault investigation of Winston indicate the woman told police she was raped at an apartment after a night of drinking at a bar. State Attorney Willie Meggs said there was not enough evidence to pursue charges in the sex assault case against Winston.

Jameis Winston and Florida State now focus on football after no charges filed in sex assault case

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Florida State was set to depart for the ACC Championship Game Thursday night without any doubts about Jameis Winston's future. 2 hours ago

Business

Matt Vassallo, co-owner of Shirts and Stones, shows off some rhinestone-laden items available at his shop opening soon at Lakewood Ranch Main Street. JASON BARTOLONE/Bradenton Herald

Shirts and Stones brings bling to Lakewood Ranch Main Street

Matt Vassallo knows about bling.

Opinion

Time for Florida to change prison terms for prescription drug abuse

Since the 1980s, the war on drugs resulted in stiff minimum mandatory sentences for drug traffickers caught with boatloads of drugs imported from foreign countries.

Living

Wendell Martin, community activist, is working to bring HIV/AIDS awareness to Manatee County through his work with the World AIDS Day breakfast Friday.TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

Community activist, Wendell Martin, makes HIV/AIDS awareness personal

Wendell Martin celebrates Worlds AIDS Day by texting pastors he knows in Manatee County to remind them to pray for people who have succumbed to the disease and for people still living with the virus.

Entertainment

Shemekia Copepland headlines the Bradenton Blues Festival this Saturday. PUBLICITY PHOTOS

Shemekia Copeland headlines Bradenton Blues Festival

Shemekia Copeland, the "Queen of the Blues," headlines the 2013 Bradenton Blues Festival.

Lakewood Ranch

Angela Long. left, and Connie Keen are members of the new Manatee-Sarasota breast cancer dragon boat team. They are shown at Nathan Benderson Park, which will host a dragon boat festival in October 2014. JAMES A. JONES JR./Bradenton Herald

Manatee-Sarasota's first breast cancer dragon-boat team to make debut

Dragon-boat racing to benefit cancer survivors. 51 minutes ago

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