December was as unseasonably warm as November was cold. Water temperatures at the end of the year were in the high 60s, and that made for some very good fishing on the flats off South Shore. ...more

January 7, 2009 |

Just 10 days and a world crisis ago, Tuesday night's gathering of the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation was supposed to highlight a small, informal discussion of Israeli security issues by intelligence expert John Loftus. ...more

January 7, 2009 |

BOWLING Hudson resident rolls second highest series in Hernando County history with two 279s and a 300 game Dec. 29 at Mariner Lanes. ...more

January 6, 2009 |

Just 10 days and a world crisis ago, tonight's gathering of the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation was supposed to highlight a small, informal discussion of Israeli security issues by intelligence expert John Loftus. In the aftermath of Israel's ongoing military response to years of random bombing by terrorists in Gaza, however, the event became a rally for supporters of Israel's "Right to Self Defense." ...more

January 6, 2009 |

A helicopter, bloodhound and several deputies spent hours searching for a missing 8-year-old girl Monday. Eventually, the girl was found. On the roof of her home. ...more

January 6, 2009 |

A 71-year-old man died tonight after he was stabbed several times at a Palmetto boarding house, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 5, 2009 |

Bradenton police are looking for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured a 90-year-old man today. ...more

January 5, 2009 |

BOYS SOCCER RECAPS (thru 01-04) ...more

January 5, 2009 |

Ella Faye Meadows was sitting in the living room of her Manatee County home, watching television, when a fire started Sunday. One or more people had poured accelerant along the outside of Meadows' lanai and lit it, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office news release. ...more

January 5, 2009 |

EGMONT KEY •Situated at the mouth of Tampa Bay, southwest of Fort DeSoto State Park. It's about 1.6 miles long and less than a half-mile wide. ...more

January 5, 2009 |