Our Best Stuff: A Candlelight Vigil for a Fallen Soldier, Bradenton's First Homicide in Two Years, and the School Board Continues to Trim its Budget

IN SCHOOL NEWS:

• If you see a on Monday, don't be nervous.
• Bradenton Patch got the chance to take at Manatee High School.
• The Manatee County School board, but is unsure of what it will do with the savings: pay down the debt or cut the proposed millage rate.
• The sharp decline in the economy means that , putting them at a disadvantage when it comes to learning.

IN NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

• Twenty-two year old while participating on USF's Crew Team and the Bradentucky Bombers' Roller Derby.
• Manatee County for up to four foster coordinator volunteers who can promote the programs' mission through social media, speaking engagements, letters to the editor, as well as matching potential foster families with animals.
• More than 200 people gathered in front of the Hernandez home on Monday night in Afghanistan last week.

IN CRIME AND COURTS

• A Manatee County Jail after detectives said he tried to hire someone to kill a witness in his upcoming criminal trial.
• A 35-year-old man wasThursday in the city's first homicide in two years, according to a report from the Bradenton Police Department.
• An East Bradenton after he stepped outside to see who rang his doorbell late Monday night, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's report.
• Two men armed with a shotgun and a handgun early Tuesday to rob the couple inside, authorities said.

IN SPORTS

• Snook season will not open Sept. 1 as usual on Florida's Gulf Coast, but , according to area fishing captains.
• Manatee High's Joe Kinnan and Don Bosco High (NJ) coach Greg Toal, who have combined for more than 500 career wins, announce .
• , who played for the Manatee Hurricanes 1983 undefeated, state-championship team, is the Hurricanes secondary coach.

IN GOVERNMENT

• Council members voted 5-0 to , making it eligible for environmental clean-up grants.

IN BUSINESS

• Like the it sells, The Chop Shop has aged well.