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Sarasota, Manatee high school football scores: Live FHSAA, SSAA updates from Week 0
We have arrived at another Florida high school football season, and Sarasota and Manatee County programs will join others from across the state in taking the gridiron. For some, the games are for real. For most, this week provides a warmup for the entire season. The area SSAA teams will start their regular-season schedules this week. The FHSAA teams will play preseason games this week with the regular season kicking off next week. ...
Manatee County Disaster Recovery Center opening
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - FEMA will be opening a Disaster Recovery Center in Manatee County beginning Saturday to help Florida storm survivors. The Disaster Recovery Center will open Saturday, Aug. 17 from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Ranch Library (16410 Rangeland Pkwy Bradenton, FL 34211). The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily after that.
Top 5 concerts this week in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Englewood, Punta Gorda
We're about halfway through August and its lineup of local events, including live music, with this week's concert picks installment spanning multiple genres and featuring award-winning performers. Those include a Mexican musician with a 14-times-platinum, No. 1 Billboard tropical airplay hit, who also won a Billboard Latin Music Award and was nominated in...
It’s just a few million gallons of sewage. Is that a problem for you?
Every time we get a heavy rain event in Southwest Florida, I make a little wager in my head. It’s not about how many inches of rain will be recorded, or how many homes will be flooded out. It’s how much sewage will get spilled.
Florida high school football Kickoff Classic results: Sarasota, Manatee area games
SARASOTA - From an aesthetic standpoint, Friday night’s Kickoff Classic between Booker and host Cardinal Mooney was anything but a classic. Both teams combined for 77 points, a total aided by numerous missed tackles and defensive miscues, 30 penalty flags, and almost as many players suffering cramps. But when the three-hour, 33-minute gridiron marathon was over, the Cougars had emerged with a 13-point victory before a packed John Heath Field at Austin Smithers Stadium.
Parrish fire lieutenant's house floods while he was working to rescue others during Debby
Footage shows foiled robbery attempt in Manatee County
ELLENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - In Manatee County, new footage shows thieves in the act at the Ellenton Outlet Mall. This happened just before 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Deputies say two masked suspects tried robbing Gold Palace Jewelry. One of the suspects fired a gun toward the back of the store. No one was hit.
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