STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
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What is a lifetime and how long is far too short?
And what length will a mother and father go to save...
MICHAEL GIVANT
Contributing Columnist
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In the heart of an industrial park a mile from the 300 acres of wetlands called Celery Fields is a secluded, large body...
A Manatee County jury of six found Ashley Benefield, a former ballerina, accused of shooting and killing her estranged husband in 2020, guilty of manslaughter...
On Monday morning, August 12, Mote Marine Laboratory released a 154-pound, about 3-foot-long, subadult, female loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed “Lil’ Dougie” off Siesta Key Beach.
Lil’...
MICHAEL GIVANT
Contributing Columnist
givant@lbknews.com
As my wife and I start the walk to Beer Can Island, my heart is noticeably beating and memories come flooding back. There’s...