Bradenton Herald

MANATEE — The loud sirens and flashing lights brought residents near the 1800 block of Cortez Road out of their homes Monday evening. Full Story »

MANATEE — Veterans Day is Wednesday, and the parade is the centerpiece of the Manatee County Veterans Week Celebration. Full Story »

MYAKKA CITY — After a few months of testing in its Sarasota store, Whole Foods Market is offering locally-produced milk from Dakin Dairy Farms at all 16 of its Florida locations. Full Story »

LAKEWOOD RANCH — When a client recently bought a $35 chrome and wood bottle stopper from Lakewood Ranch artist Jim O’Donnell, a personalized letter explaining the piece in detail came with it. Full Story »

MANATEE — On the strength of a passionate speech by school board member Barbara Harvey, the board Monday unanimously approved the immediate hiring of graduation coaches for Bayshore and Palmetto high schools. Full Story »

MANATEE — The Bradenton-Sarasota area is among the nation’s most dangerous places for people to walk, a new study has found. Full Story »

MANATEE — The Palmetto Historical Commission is sponsoring the Farm City Week Agricultural Hall of Fame Luncheon at noon Nov. 19. Full Story »

PARRISH — When you think of places where blueberries grow, you normally think of cold-weather locales such as Michigan and Maine. Full Story »

BRADENTON — A man accused of shooting into a mobile home and killing a 16-year-old boy faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading to weapons charges stemming from his arrest in the slaying. Full Story »

MANATEE — A barbecue restaurant near Interstate 75 was robbed by two masked gunmen late Sunday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Full Story »

MANATEE — The future could not have been brighter for Manatee Technical Institute standout Henrique Romero Graf, but only devastation remains among those who knew him in the wake of a Sunday crash that took his life. Full Story »

BRADENTON — Aaron Crowl wiped away tears of bittersweet joy Monday as a judge told the 26-year-old he could adopt the six children of his deceased sister. Full Story »

Presenting the youngest and littlest member of the Palmetto Tigers’ Dance Team — Bella! Full Story »

MANATEE — The efforts of a local family seeking to expedite the execution of a Florida death row inmate have stalled. Full Story »

MANATEE — President Barack Obama wants to invest some $12 billion in community colleges with the aim of seeing an additional 5 million students graduate by 2020. Full Story »

MANATEE — An armed robbery took place Sunday near 26th Street and 49th Avenue West, according to a report from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Full Story »

MANATEE — More than 900 diners enjoyed a perfect day overlooking Sarasota Bay Sunday during a fund-raiser benefitting the University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee. Full Story »

MANATEE — They are the muscle cars, those high performance, drag-racing beauties of the 1960s and ’70s that stole hearts with their flashy exteriors and souped-up engines. Full Story »

Don Flowers remembers the good. He remembers the bad. Full Story »

I am not a Palmetto taxpayer, but if I was I know what I’d be asking myself: Full Story »

MANATEE — When Robert Gamble sold his Ellenton mansion and moved to Tallahassee in the late 1800s, he took almost everything in it with him. Full Story »

PALMETTO — The Kiwanis Club of Manatee Sunrise Kiwanis kicks off a partnership with Kids Against Hunger with a gala 6 p.m. Saturday at the Olympia Theater, 512 10th St., Palmetto. Full Story »

MANATEE — Pastor Jerry Parrish counseled two young men trying to save them from a life of gangs, but the worst still happened: Irwin Figueroa and Rubin Gonzalez-Garduno, both 18, were gunned down on the streets of Manatee. Full Story »

BRADENTON — The two Bradenton Police Department officers did not turn on the blue emergency lights on their patrol car before they tried to stop the man riding a bicycle with no headlight in the early morning of Sept. 28. Full Story »

Call the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office at (941) 747-3011, or Crimestoppers at (866) 634-TIP Full Story »