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January 5, 2016

• Community calendar: Jan. 6
• 'Shroud Encounter' coming to Bradenton big screen Jan. 14
• Take solace in knowing angels are all around us: Billy Graham column for Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016
• Culinary Calendar: Jan. 6
• Some people consider these food combinations odd - until they try them
• New advisory board learns Manatee County spends $22.3M annually on health care
• Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty resigns
• Faces in business: Marc A. Simms
• Five Below to open store on Cortez Road in Bradenton
• Gazing into the crystal ball for food trends in 2016
• Manatee County high school graduation rate continues to climb
• Manatee and Sarasota colleges collaborate and receive support from area foundations
• Manatee officials: Opioid overdoses down; time for focus on education, prevention
• Manatee fire departments receive $85,000 worth of heroin overdose recovery medication
• Manatee History Matters: Meet Dr. Driscoll, Manatee County's dentist
• Manatee History Matters: Meet Dr. Driscoll, Manatee County's dentist
• Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch loses track of Amie, a female loggerhead sea turtle
• New advisory board learns Manatee County spends $22.3M annually on health care
• Fort Hamer Bridge work reaches 20 percent milestone
• Manatee judge says 'no' to Long Bar Pointe water development, $18M suit
• Officials praise proposed changes to encourage redevelopment along urban corridors in Manatee
• Public to have chance to see new nature center at Rye Preserve in Parrish
• Girl, 16, missing from Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch in Parrish
• Holmes Beach man charged with yelling obscenities in Bradenton Beach
• Man robs C1 Bank in Bradenton
• Bradenton heroin trafficking suspect ordered to prove bond money comes from legal sources
• Girlfriend of Sarasota County man charged with smothering son to death Christmas Eve now faces charges
• Man robbed while sitting in car in Bradenton
• Manatee commissioners talk possible roadway improvements to Rye Road
• Hundreds mourn loss of State College of Florida baseball coaching legend Tim Hill
• Boys soccer | Saint Stephen's earns signature win against Palmetto
• DeSoto Speedway announces 2016 schedule
• Winston's progress gives Buccaneers hope for future
• Was Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston calling out Mike Evans?
• Bradenton Blitz | Former Palmetto High coach Butch Hughes and former State College of Florida coach Tim Hill, two legends, left indelible marks
• Numbers Game | Local coaching legends, Palmetto's Butch Hughes and State College of Florida's Tim Hill, had impressive stats
• Hometown Heroes | Palmetto grad Jarrid Rhodes looking to continue scoring streak
• Prep Roundup | Lakewood Ranch's girls soccer team picks up another shutout victory
• Obama acts on gun violence as majority of Americans want
• Sound national strategy to stem abuse of opioids
• Nation's Christian heritage remains under attack
• Manatee County pet food donation program for the needy a big success
• Support Obama's efforts to reduce gun violence
• Obama making our enemies laugh around world
• Developer view of impact fees burdens taxpayers
• Manatee County school board must assure public that impact fees will be spent wisely
• Coastal Orthopedics earns thanks from grateful patient
• Drawing sets timetable for elections in new Florida Senate districts
• Florida official predicts surge in concealed weapons permits because of Obama executive action
• Fear of the IRS and scams
• Paul Krugman: Elections have consequences
• Massachusetts apartment investor buys TGM Yacht Club in Bradenton for $70.5M
• 2015 million-dollar home sales jump in Manatee-Sarasota
• Florida gun sales, state background check staffing up prior to Obama's executive order