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January 24, 2018

• Urbanite Theatre goes underground with drama ‘Northside Hollow’
• Sarasota Ballet switches things up with ‘Moving Identities’
• Tusk re-creates the music of Fleetwood Mac at SCF
• NYC string quartet Ethel premieres work commissioned by the Ringling
• Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ opens at Manatee Performing Arts Center
• Goodbye, performing on the road: Elton John announces farewell tour, including Tampa concert
• The Kid Rock show must go on — and so, apparently, must the legal battle
• She was on her first cruise — a gift from her husband. She still hasn’t been found
• Jamaica is on high alert for gang violence — but officials say island safe for tourists
• Here’s the first look at downtown Bradenton’s new City Centre parking garage
• New retail project expected to bring restaurants, fitness center to East Manatee
• More homes could be on the way at this Lakewood Ranch golf community
• Housing values continue to skyrocket in Manatee County. Just how high will they go?
• Gadget Guru: Honeywell heating fans provide warmth on those cold days
• More than 500 pounds of chicken fritters declared a ‘health hazard’
• Clerk tells lottery winner his prize is only $5. She picked the wrong man to scam, cops say.
• She disappeared 12 years ago. The reward for information just went up
• Man killed by deputy said, ‘I have a gun for you,’ sheriff says. But cops haven’t found it
• A Vietnam vet collected disability for more than 20 years because he was blind. Then investigators saw him driving a car
• BB gun fire that broke truck window led to shooting death of an innocent mom, cops say
• Florida man accused of putting 3-year-old in oven
• Mother and daughter dead, 1 injured after shooting in Tampa Bay neighborhood
• After a years-long dispute, man tells cops he ended it by killing his neighbor
• Man said he had a gun before deputy shot and killed him, sheriff says
• Shootout in busy Florida intersection caught on camera
• Mom arrested after she leaves 1-year-old home alone to go to Publix
• Mom turns in son after seeing he was wanted for stealing 81-year-old woman’s car
• He was driving drunk on South Beach, cops say. So angry mob took it out on his BMW.
• Florida’s First Lady visits three Manatee elementary schools during tour
• Two struck by vehicle on Anna Maria Island
• Suspect dies in officer-involved shooting in Bradenton
• Crash shuts down State Road 70 in Myakka City
• Interstate 75 lane reopened after crash
• School board discusses land swap for new schools in East Manatee
• Any Manatee residents watching ‘Jeopardy’ on Tuesday knew the answer to this clue
• This laxative might not be a laxative — and what’s inside the bottle could be deadly
• Should Florida keep Daylight Saving Time all year? It could happen.
• More than $600 million? That’s a key difference between Florida House and Senate higher education plans
• He retired after a ticket quota scandal. But he was on the payroll for 5 more months
• Florida schools could be forced to display ‘In God We Trust’
• Bill would require public school students to get HPV vaccine
• Trump said he’d round up ‘bad hombres.’ How did a Jamaican grandma get on the list?
• FSU QB Deondre Francois under investigation for alleged domestic violence
• Local roundup for Jan. 23: Braden River tops Palmetto in double overtime in boys hoops