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January 31, 2018

• FST travels to Narnia with stage version of a C.S. Lewis classic
• Lakewood Ranch serves up a performing arts smorgasbord
• It’s time for some down-home gospel music in Palmetto
• Comedian Gallagher brings his smashing comedy to Bradenton on Friday
• Cirque Italia’s ‘Water Spectacular’ returns to the Palmetto big top
• Kevin Hart announces Tampa concert date; tickets on sale now
• Sean Paul, Beach Boys kick off Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras
• 10 reasons to attend the Bradenton Area River Regatta
• Forty years after starting business in Bradenton, he’s ready to call it a career
• Here’s what sold marking Manatee County’s largest real estate transaction of 2018
• Gadget Guru: Coravin lets you pour wine without opening the bottle
• This bank has committed $125 billion — yes, billion — to mortgages for Hispanics
• Roaches cause temporary shutdown of popular beach restaurant
• Should I get a flu shot or will it make me sick or give me Alzheimer’s?
• Goodwill employees find loaded grenade launcher among donated items
• School bus driver shortage continues to have ramifications for families
• Forward Manatee to try and win over voters for March 20 election
• New survey aims to understand the local climate change message
• Coast Guard search-and-rescue crew will strut its stuff at regatta. Here’s how you can watch
• 911 system back up and running in Manatee, other counties after widespread outage
• Super Blue Blood Moon will be a stunning sight, but it’s not as fancy as it sounds
• He was found sleeping on a couch. What sat on the table in front of him landed him prison time
• What killed woman found in Longboat Key sauna remains a mystery, cops say
• He asked to see the $60,000 flea market necklace. Two seconds later, both were gone
• Mom ‘tweaked’ in a truck while 5-year-old girl wandered alone and hungry, cops say
• Her boyfriend said he tried to save his Candi Joy. Cops call it murder
• Mysterious murder of Prada store manager intensifies. Two questioned, car involved found
• Gymnastics coach arrested on child porn charges
• Gold, diamonds, even rare Superman comic — suspected Miami conman peddled them all
• Miami cop ran Ponzi scheme and might have tried fleeing to Costa Rica, feds say
• Man calls flight attendant N-word, ‘slave’ and threatens her life. He got time.
• Police have man in custody after finding car used by shooter in South Beach killing
• Trump revokes order to close Guantánamo prison, declares it open for new captives
• Washington was ‘great’ 20 years ago, ‘but I sure don't want to be there now,’ ex-congressman says
• Buchanan not on board train bound for retreat that hit truck
• Trump tackles immigration in State of the Union, but not everyone agrees with his facts
• In Miami boycott, Wilson calls Trump’s State of the Union address ‘lies and innuendo’
• Florida Democrats protest all they want, but Republicans are pushing through huge education bill anyway
• A billion here, a billion there ... budget tussle begins at Capitol
• Manatee sign language interpreter’s gibberish during Irma inspires new bill
• After scandal, Florida Senate ready to make sexual harassment a crime
• Watch Florida head coach Dan Mullen arrive at Bradenton IMG Academy in a helicopter
• Atlanta Braves’ move to Sarasota County won’t happen as soon as expected
• This lawmaker’s campaign ad is stoking fear of immigrants. One catch: he’s Canadian-born
• Local roundup for Jan. 30: Braden River edges Manatee in boys hoops