Parrish News

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.

Manatee County homeowners who have Chinese drywall in their homes will be eligible for a sizable property-tax break, officials said Tuesday.

As a rash of federal enforcements have hit financially shaky banks, healthy institutions are doing what they can to deflect the negative publicity.

Residents of Terra Ceia Island say they love their community's Florida Cracker heritage and its look, and they have no interest in living in a traditional suburban setting or under the shadow of high-rises. Instead, they want to preserve the winding roads, historic churches and homes, large lots and the 1907 village center that are hallmarks of ...

A Parrish man is killed in a motorcycle crash early Friday morning. It happened at 12:30am at Old Tampa Road and Phillips Road in Manatee County.

A motorcyclist was killed when he ran off the road early Friday. Authorities say John Lang of Parrish was traveling on Old Tampa Road around 12:45 a.m. when he ran off the road and hit a mail box and wooden post.

A storm developed east of Parrish Thursday evening and dumped up to two inches of rain in an hour before dissipating, weather watchers said.