Katie Mathews just wants to be 'normal' again
Herald Tribune - Word spread quickly through the community. Two teen-agers, Katie Mathews and Chloe West, had been in a bad wreck on Interstate 75. Chloe was in serious condition and Katie in even worse shape. Almost immediately, dozens of Venice High School students ... Read more...
Former Yankees pitcher gets 5 years in prison
Herald Tribune - SARASOTA COUNTY -- A circuit judge sentenced former New York Yankees relief pitcher Kenneth Clay to five years in prison Wednesday, a longer sentence than the prosecutor recommended. A jury convicted Clay, 53, of grand theft for creating a fake sales ... Read more...
Venice man, 18, charged in auto burglaries
Herald Tribune - VENICE -- Police arrested an 18-year-old Venice man accused of stealing global satellite positioning systems and money from unlocked cars at Country Club Estates mobile home park on the Intracoastal Waterway. Ernest Johnson, 500 block of Alligator ... Read more...
Deputies say theft involved children
Herald Tribune - ELLENTON -- Bobbie McGraw's gut told her something was wrong when a rugged, unkempt man came into her antique shop. She nearly asked him to leave. But the two boys and a girl with him were clean and dressed in polo shirts. So, she gave him the ... Read more...
Gradkowski or McCown will likely start
Herald Tribune - TAMPA -- Jeff Garcia shuffled to the podium Wednesday in his sweatsuit, looking more like a feeble grandpa in pajamas than a quarterback who might play Sunday. Garcia, who did not practice Wednesday or Thursday, sounded like someone who needed more ... Read more...
Wrestler Hogan contests alimony
Herald Tribune - CLEARWATER -- Hulk Hogan says in a court filing that his wife, seeking half of the famed wrestler's estate and alimony in a divorce action, can support herself and can help support their minor son. Hogan's petition, filed Wednesday under his real ... Read more...
Patriot on the attack
Herald Tribune - BRADENTON -- For Brian Parker, returning punts is all about finding the path of least resistance. Possessing 4.35-second speed in the 40-yard-dash, the Bradenton Prep senior has an advantage over most of his pursuers on the football field. It's a ... Read more...
Game over for arcade as Pirate's Cove closes
Herald Tribune - MANATEE -- It used to be that a thousand teenagers would walk through the door of Pirate's Cove Family Fun Center on a Saturday night. Tokens were traded for a turn at the video games. Soda washed down soft pretzels. And Spitfire go-karts kicked up ... Read more...
A young challenger in a North Port race
Herald Tribune - NORTH PORT -- Until recently, North Port's emerging political thirty-somethings have been content to go after open seats in next year's city commission election. But mortgage broker Dan Talley, 33, has targeted Commissioner Fred Tower, 68, a retired ... Read more...
Recount confirms Poston in Bradenton
Herald Tribune - BRADENTON -- This is it for Wayne Poston. After hanging on to a slim lead during Thursday's recount of election results, Poston said the next four years will be his last term as mayor of Bradenton. Three hard-fought elections against rival Bill Evers ... Read more...