More than 100 farmworkers protested Sunday afternoon outside a Publix demanding the grocer pay higher prices for tomatoes to help increase the wages of pickers. ...more

October 26, 2009

Take that, Santa Ana. And beware, St. Louis. Tampa has leapfrogged the California city to earn the title of 53rd largest in the United States. ...more

July 9, 2009

BRADENTON - A good Samaritan chased and caught a man who had snatched a woman's purse as she was walking to her car in a Wal-Mart parking lot last night, then held the robber down until deputies arrived to arrest him. ...more

May 16, 2009

For more than two periods, the game was about possible retribution for a week-old goal celebration by Alex Ovechkin. ...more

March 28, 2009

Investigators belive a man named Troyonta Sha Linzy is the robber who claimed to have a bomb to get oxycodone pills at two local Walgreens stores this week, the Manatee Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 20, 2009

When Britney Spears kicks off her first tour in five years, it may seem as if she's picking up where she left off in 2004: She'll be promoting a platinum album with a grandiose stage show, a chiseled body and elaborately choreographed moves on display. ...more

March 4, 2009

A check forgery arrest at a supermarket this week has uncovered a trove of fake identification cards and phony checks, authorities say. ...more

February 6, 2009

A man walking along 20th Street West in Bradenton was hit on the head with a plank of wood and stabbed in the stomach tonight during a robbery attempt, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 4, 2009

As the number of Hispanics getting robbed at gunpoint continues to climb, the city's Hispanic outreach center is trying to arrange workshops to encourage the city's Mexican population to keep their cash in banks. ...more

December 15, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a car fire in which a person died outside a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Bradenton this morning. The fire occurred about 7 a.m. at 2911 53rd Ave. E., troopers said. ...more

November 28, 2008