Parrish News

The Florida Railroad Museum will host the humorous Hole In The Head Gang Train Robbery at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The demand was obvious as hundreds of residents crowded around a Manatee County Sheriff's Office truck accepting free turkeys, emptying a truckload of frozen birds in minutes.

Copper wiring was reported stripped from several utility poles and homes under construction this week, according to authorities.

A 71-year-old Parrish grandfather was acquitted today in court for a lewd and lascivious charge after he was accused of molesting his granddaughter.

The Palmetto Historical Commission is sponsoring the Farm City Week Agricultural Hall of Fame Luncheon at noon Nov.

When you think of places where blueberries grow, you normally think of cold-weather locales such as Michigan and Maine.

Pastor Jerry Parrish counseled two young men trying to save them from a life of gangs, but the worst still happened: Irwin Figueroa and Rubin Gonzalez-Garduno, both 18, were gunned down on the streets of Manatee.

A Manatee man has been arrested on capital sexual battery charges after a 12-year-old girl reported to authorities the man had raped her several times.

Like many others who live in Colony Cove and neighboring manufactured-home communities, Lynn Mercer frequently drove her golf cart to supermarkets, drug stores and other nearby businesses along U.S. 301.

Benderson Development Co. planned a 300,000-square-foot shopping center near Parrish but those familiar with the project say construction is on hold for now.

For 9-year-old Taylor Vincent of North Port, the idea of getting up in the wee hours Saturday to go on a break-of-dawn hog hunt near Parrish with his grandfather and step-dad is pure heaven.

The late Henry B. Parrish, a respected Myakka rancher, will be inducted posthumously as the 2009 Agricultural Hall of Fame honoree, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

She was a beauty in her time, but reflected the mores of her day: White passengers sat separately from blacks in trains that criss-crossed Manatee County during the Jim Crow years.

Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows. MANATEE Felts Audubon Preserve: 4600 24th Ave.

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 12, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. The new state law that critics blasted as a massive assault on Florida's growth regulations has been blocked by the agency that is supposed to enforce it, and attacked in court by a growing number of cities and counties that want it struck down.

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office conducted an underage drinking operation Saturday using juvenile confidential informants to visit convenience stores and bars/restaurants throughout the county.

By the letter of the law, Parrish teenager Amanda Gordon didn't have a right to be admitted to this year's Homecoming Dance at Braden River High School.

A 50-year-old woman was arrested after she pointed a gun at her husband during an argument, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

Friends have scheduled two candlelight vigils in honor of a mother and son who died of gunshot wounds last week in a duplex near Palmetto.

The Palmetto Tomato Festival, a Manatee County agricultural tradition, will not be held this year due to budget cuts, Palmetto Mayor Shirley Groover-Bryant announced Wednesday.