Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:30 a.m. MANATEE COUNTY - Henrique Romero Graf was an honor student at Manatee Technical Institute who wanted to be a mechanic or a machinist. Full Story »
Authorities were worried for a while Sunday after witnesses saw a man push a car into the Manatee River after an argument with his girlfriend. The car was removed from the water and was found to be empty, but the 36-year-old man who pushed the car in the river was arrested, according to a press release. Full Story »
Deputies are looking for two men who robbed a Sonny's Bar-B-Q restaurant at gunpoint and forced employees into a walk-in cooler late Sunday. Full Story »
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:34 a.m. SARASOTA - A 20-year-old man was shot in the face and hand early Monday in an apartment complex on 19th Street. Full Story »
By JEREMY WALLACE H-T Political Writer U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan told a Sarasota audience Monday that he voted against the health care reform bill because he thinks it will lead to rationed care and the government "pulling the plug" on grandmothers to save money. Full Story »
By TOM BAYLES The government boost has been key to the local rise in home sales Full Story »
By THOMAS BECNEL At a dark time in life, he chooses to look at the bright side Full Story »
By MELISSA NELSON The Associated Press The storm spread most of its heavy rain onshore along the Gulf Coast before the storm made landfall. Full Story »
By CHRISTOPHER O'DONNELL Some argue that terminating established instructors should be easier Full Story »
By ZAC ANDERSON Tensions were high between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 when Navy pilot William B. Ecker was asked to verify reports that the Soviets were positioning their nuclear missiles in Fidel Castro's Cuba. Full Story »
Tom Lyons The fraud investigation is all just a misunderstanding, Marian Morgan tells her erstwhile investors Full Story »
By CHRISTOPHER O'DONNELL Lesean Green was frequently in trouble at school last year, and his low grades kept him off the Bayshore High School basketball team. "I wasn't the student you look up to," he said. But that changed when he realized his grades would stop him from staying in the school's rap class. Full Story »
A Charlotte County home sustained heavy smoke damage early Monday after a fire broke out in the garage. Charlotte County Fire and EMS responded to 17146 Malta Ave. shortly before 7:45 a.m. to a report of a single-story house fire. No one was home at the time of the fire, first reported by a bicycle rider in the neighborhood. Full Story »
By ANNA SCOTT Melody Trimble, the Venice Regional Medical Center CEO credited with leading its financial turnaround, is leaving the job Dec. 1. She is being promoted to head of a larger hospital system, also owned by Health Management Associates, in Fort Smith, Ark. Full Story »
Bart Pfankuch Sarasota woman, 32, caused fatal wreck, Florida Highway Patrol says. Full Story »
Staff report ENGLEWOOD - Charlotte County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 23-year-old Englewood man suspected of running over a woman last month and leaving her beside the road, bloodied and badly injured. Mark Wayne King III, of the 6300 block of Blueberry Drive, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving injury and reckless driving. Full Story »
By JASON WITZ CHARLOTTE COUNTY - A Port Charlotte man was arrested Sunday after he reportedly injured his ex-wife’s 5-year-old son during an argument last month. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jeffrey Lee Salo, 34, of the 1100 block of Campagna Lane, and charged him with child abuse. Full Story »
By JASON WITZ PORT CHARLOTTE - A Charlotte County home sustained heavy smoke damage early Monday, after a fire broke out in the garage. Charlotte County Fire & EMS responded to 17146 Malta Ave. shortly before 7:45 a.m. to a report of a single-story house fire. Full Story »
Anthony Cormier Police are looking for two young men who brandished a gun near the Newtown Recreational Center this afternoon. Booker Middle School was briefly locked down as squad cars flooded Newtown to look for the suspect. Full Story »
The Associated Press The tropical storm is expected to weaken further but may produce up to 8 inches of rain. Full Story »
Anthony Cormier Deputies are looking for two men who robbed a Sonny’s Bar-B-Q restaurant at gunpoint and forced employees into a walk-in cooler late Sunday. Full Story »
Anthony Cormier It was later determined his girlfriend, who he fought with, was not inside. Full Story »
Anthony Cormier He was struck twice but is expected to live. Full Story »
The Associated Press A U.S. Army hospital spokesman says the man suspected in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is conscious and able to talk. Full Story »
Staff report A homeless man was beaten with his own bicycle after quarreling with three men in a trailer park Saturday. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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