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LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Michael Jernigan and eight other visually impaired people will tell you that the past month was a life changer for them.Click to Continue »

TALLAHASSEE -- No doesn't mean no when the stakes remain high, so Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, on Thursday released yet another proposed congressional redistricting map in an effort to get…Click to Continue »

Five years from now, Take Stock in Children hopes to serve 100 students a year in Manatee County. To do that, they'll never to raise $1 million per year to…Click to Continue »

A 10-year-old student at Ballard Elementary School was surpised with a letter from President Barack Obama on Thursday during a schoolwide assembly.Click to Continue »

MANATEE -- Terra Ceia Little Bird Key, a small two-acre island preserve to the north of Snead Island, was bought by Audubon Florida on July 30 to protect about 400…Click to Continue »

Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday that state officials are preparing for the potential effects of Tropical Storm Erika, which could affect Florida this weekend.Click to Continue »

Fast-moving Tropical Storm Erika neared Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, dumping rain on the eastern Caribbean on a path expected to take it toward South Florida…Click to Continue »

Gov. Rick Scott cut short his Colorado vacation and flew home late Wednesday night as Tropical Storm Erika slowly gained strength in the Caribbean.Click to Continue »

SEATTLE - When Mary Provstgaard and her extended clan were forced out of their Okanogan, Wash.-area homes by fire, there was no way they were going to leave their animals…Click to Continue »

CHICAGO - Running for president is so easy, even a dog can do it.Click to Continue »