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December 22, 2017

• Harambe the gorilla gets killed again in new arcade game. Creators say get over it.
• ‘He’s fighting for me’: Why Chappelle says Trump doesn’t care about poor white voters
• Geraldson Farm Market offers organic, sustainable food choices in the rapidly growing Parrish area
• The banker to Florida’s medical marijuana players is getting out of the business
• Bradenton-Sarasota jobless rate takes hit in November
• D’s offers a world of sports and entertainment collectibles
• Jack in the Box tests munchie meals for California pot smokers
• It started as a pimple. Now doctors will remove basketball-size tumor from boy’s face
• Florida leads states in Obamacare enrollment for 2018
• Deputies investigate two residential burglaries. The bandit fired shots as he fled
• A man facing charges he raped one of his foster children is back in jail
• Gang members who killed rival gang’s president arrested, deputies say
• Cops looking to ID two men caught on video stealing e-cigarette products
• He says he sexually abused girl for years because of ‘lust.’ He’s now going to prison for life
• Former NBA referee who lost job in betting scandal arrested in Manatee County
• This Ponzi scheme moved $1.2 billion as it defrauded 8,400 investors, the SEC says
• Attorney took photos of himself having sex with inmate at a second jail, sheriff says
• Police say he destroyed fire alarms with a machete. Florida politician told police: Back off.
• “Whatever it takes to be with Katy Perry.” Polish man accused of stalking singer in Miami
• Inmate overdose deaths in Miami jails could lead to murder charges
• Motorcycle gang members suspected in fatal shooting. It was in broad daylight
• Palmetto woman sentenced to prison for using false tax service to steal refund checks
• Sheriff’s office searching for missing teen
• If pools cause sewer line to break, Bradenton Beach developer says he’ll pay for the cleanup
• No, you can’t prepay your taxes to avoid the new law’s deduction cap
• It’s OK to again swim in Palma Sola Bay after sewage spill
• ‘From utter despair to celebration,’ Bradenton Woman’s Club set to reopen
• A medical scare has a sheriff’s K9 recovering from emergency surgery
• Dense fog advisory issued for Manatee, car fire on Interstate 275 cleared
• Man dies in U.S. 41 crash
• Middle school students deliver ‘blessings’ to the needy for Christmas
• ‘UFO footage’ suggests alien craft hovered over eastern North Carolina last week
• Where we get gifts, and lights, and angels for Christmas
• Let’s give Trump the TV remote, not the nuclear button
• Manatee High alumnus Greg Reaves transitions from walk-on to starting defensive end at USF
• All-Area football: Braden River’s Knowledge McDaniel is offensive player of the year
• Honoring the best of the best of the 2017 fall high school season
• All-Area football: Palmetto’s Alonzo Houston is defensive player of the year
• All-Area girls cross country: Manatee’s Raquel Lespasio is runner of the year
• All-Area boys cross country: Lakewood Ranch’s Jonathan Reid is runner of the year
• All-Area girls golf: Manatee’s Gabrielle Tomeo is golfer of the year
• All-Area boys golf: Lakewood Ranch’s Matt Bruton is golfer of the year
• All-Area girls swimming: Bayshore’s Ryley Ober is swimmer of the year
• All-Area boys swimming: Out-of-Door Academy’s Martin Baffico is swimmer of the year
• All-Area volleyball: Manatee’s Gabby Coulter is player of the year
• Tragic rail wreck begs the question: Was it worth it?
• Rubio, Buchanan both voted for ‘monstrous’ tax bill. It should cost them in November.
• GOP ‘spreading more manure than a Texas cattle ranch’ for tax overhaul
• Riverview Boulevard resident begs motorists to slow down
• 17 good things to remember from 2017
• Sen. Jack Latvala’s fall sends a clear message (and it’s not ‘Don’t get caught’)
• Braden River girls rally to defeat North Port in OT basketball thriller