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August 16, 2019

• Faith Matters: Everyone was made in the image of God. Let’s treat them that way
• Speaking Volumes: Learn more about our 50th state as Hawaii celebrates 60th anniversary
• Expansion needed to keep up with growth at Port Manatee. Estimated cost: $500 million
• Robbers steal hundreds of dollars from 7-Eleven, cops say. Hold-up caught on camera
• Video shows deputy punching Manatee County jail inmate. He could be charged with a crime
• Prosecutors claimed lack of evidence that Bradenton woman had stabbed boyfriend. Now he’s dead
• Days after burglary spree, he’s back in jail charged with — wait for it — burglary, cops say
• Customer didn’t get his filet-o-fish so he ‘pitched a fit’ at McDonald’s, cops say
• Mom knew dad was abusing their kids and said nothing, cops say. They are both in jail
• College costs are rising. Manatee leaders debate the good and the bad of free tuition
• Rollover crash blocks part of busy Palmetto intersection. It wasn’t the only crash Friday
• Free sandbags available as rain keeps falling on Bradenton. Roads remain mostly open for now
• Three candidates, all new to city government, vying for open Palmetto commission seat
• Three crashes on northbound I-75 in Manatee County back up traffic for miles
• Former State Rep. Jim Boyd announces bid for Bill Galvano’s seat in the Florida Senate
• Flood watch, flood warning, coastal hazards. Manatee has them all as rain keeps falling
• More rain on the way to start the weekend. A flood watch is still in effect in Manatee
• That’s a wash: All of Friday’s prep football Kickoff Classics for Manatee teams canceled
• Rivalry renewed: Manatee-Southeast football game is back. And that’s a great thing