Our Best Stuff: Arrest Made in Nun Beating Case, School Board Votes to Increase Tax Rate, Couple Turns in $1,500 in Found Money

IN NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

• bakery is joining a national effort to fight childhood hunger in America by today with all of the proceeds going to Share Our Strength, which works to hungry children with nutritious food where they live, learn and play.
• Motorists traveling west on Manatee Avenue through downtown Bradenton will have to endure barriers and traffic backups.
• the husband found scattered along the side of the road. It belonged to a 75-year-old woman who discovered it missing from her business.
• Tropical Storm Emily gave everyone a chance to make sure they are .
• Euphemia Haye's sous chef Jamie Gregorich made it through a dramatic two nights on Hell's Kitchen. She earns another week on the show.

IN CRIME AND COURTS

• The man accused of beating Sister Nora Brick on Valentines Day .Deputies had been searching for Eliseo Ortiz, 51, for nearly six months since he , 81, a diminutive but tireless advocate for the poor. Crime Stoppers and the Gold Star Club both offered rewards for information leading to his arrest.
• A Manatee County deputy during a traffic stop after she refused to get out of her car, according to a sheriff's report.
• Deputies have arrested a 19-year-old on charges of after they say he stabbed another man during a fight.

IN GOVERNMENT

• After an Administrative Law Judge said the county erred in approving a development for a northwest Bradenton neighbohood, Commissioner Joe McClash suggested that the county commission and rescind the earlier vote approving the 150-home subdivision before the decision goes to Gov. Rick Scott. Commissioners voted 5-2 to hold a public hearing.
• The Manatee County School board rate as part of its nearly $580 million proposed budget. After a contentious debate over the budget, the board approved a millage rate that will cost the average taxpayer an additional $53 per year if it is adopted in September. This comes after County Commissioners voted 5-2 the week before to , setting the cap at 6.3703 mills, up from 6.2993.

IN SPORTS

• When the who had just finished his senior year at , in the 11th round of the 2009 MLB draft, he was faced with a tough decision. He could either sign with the Orioles, and immediately begin his professional career, or take his talents to the University of Miami, where he had received a full scholarship to play baseball. Three years into his professional career, Ohlman, who turns 21 in December, finds himself still trying to reach his full potential.
• High School athletes from 16 cities across the country were in Bradenton over the weekend to study football with elite instructors. were among those taking to the gridiron for instruction.

IN BUSINESS

• Downtown Bradenton's Om Gaia carries a and offers educational programs and services.