Friday night's Class 5A state championship meeting with the Plant Panthers is more than just a game for Manatee High School senior quarterback Brion Carnes, writes Joey Johnston. ...more

December 15, 2009

Plant and Bradenton Manatee will play for the Class 5A state championship at Orlando's Florida Citrus Bowl. ...more

December 15, 2009

When Plant High moved up to Class 5A this season, most people thought the defending 4A state football champs had no chance at another title. After all, the Panthers would have to go through Lakeland in the semifinals. ...more

December 12, 2009

St. Thomas Aquinas at Bradenton Manatee ...more

December 11, 2009

Mindy Halley hoped the charter school she credits with turning her child into a straight-A student would open another center closer to home next fall. ...more

December 9, 2009

A Manatee County man is in police custody after an argument with his stepmother resulted in her death, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office is reporting. ...more

December 5, 2009

The Tampa Bay Lightning took time to honor both of the area's state hockey champions during Friday night's game against the New York Rangers, with the Newsome Blue team that won the Division II Pure title and the Gaither/Sickles team that won the Combined division being brought out into the bench areas during the first and second intermissions. ...more

December 2, 2009

The Tampa Bay Lightning took time to honor both of the area's state hockey champions during Friday night's game against the New York Rangers, with the Newsome Blue team that won the Division II Pure title and the Gaither/Sickles team that won the Combined division being brought out into the bench areas during the first and second intermissions. ...more

December 2, 2009

Since starting its drug testing policy about 15 years ago, the Highlands County School District has turned away some applicants and terminated a few employees who have tested positive for drug use. ...more

November 30, 2009

Want a four-year degree but can't move to the nearest college town or afford the cost of tuition? ...more

November 28, 2009