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What will be open and closed on Memorial Day in Bradenton and Manatee? Here’s a list

Coast Guard nabs 10 Cuban migrants and two suspected smugglers in waters off Cuba

Due to security concerns, no live media coverage of Florida cabinet meeting in Israel

Miami Coast Guard crew intercepts 50 Haitian migrants who were on a makeshift boat

Crews fix sewage pipe break that slowed Keys traffic Thursday

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Diplomas in hand, 2019 Inspiration Academy seniors will look to Jesus as their rock

A solemn salute to America’s war dead planned in Bradenton for Memorial Day

Myakka City woman’s parents waited for daughter to come home. Now they wonder how she died

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Lakewood Ranch’s historic quest comes up short. One inning costs Mustangs state title

Lakewood Ranch one win away from first state softball crown and a national title

Rays get inside-the-park homer, 3 others in stopping Indians

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The Latest: Jayme Closs’ family satisfied with sentence

Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall

The Latest: Tornado touches down near Iowa City

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Have you seen one of these 5 Manatee fugitives? If so, you could earn a $3,000 reward

Former Braden River bookkeeper gets 5 days in jail; 15 years probation

‘Touched by God.’ Woman says priest told her to keep quiet about rape by fellow clergyman

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John Beilein’s departure to NBA not a good look for college basketball

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She stole $27,000 from a Manatee school, authorities said. Here is her sentence

Sarasota sheriff says meth is the ‘new emergency.’ Is that true for Manatee, too?

Bradenton Astro Skate plans $5 memorial night for former employee killed in crash

Miami couple spent $11,000 on UTC shopping sprees. It wasn’t theirs to spend, cops say

She was so high she thought her hand was a phone. Her pal’s reaction landed him in jail, cops say

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