MLK banquet honorees
Winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Banquet
Edgar H. Price Jr. Humanitarian Award: Charles Smith
Louise Rogers Johnson Humanitarian Award: Shirley Pearson
Small Business Owner Award: Joe and Veronica Forney, Kojak's Palmetto Rib House
Outstanding Citizenship Awards: Manatee County S.M.A.R.T. Team of Eric Angersoll, Travas Green, Gary Phillips, Christopher Spriggs, James "Casey" Turner
Government Award: Michael Gallen
Gallen: Ads for Manatee County proposed sales tax increase are misleading
Manatee expert: Prepare now for hurricane season
