Top Headlines: Child Sex Sting Nets 35; Thorntons Gas, Hobby Lobby Coming to Bradenton

1. 35 Arrested in Child Sex Sting in Manatee County

Detectives posed online as juveniles and set up meetings at an undercover residence as part of "Operation Green Shepherd II."

2. Bradenton Church Saved By Thorntons Gas Station

Manatee County's first Thorntons convenience store will be built on land owned by Faith United Church of Christ.

3. Manatee Schools to Cut 188 Positions

The full-time positions will be eliminated for the 2013-14 school year and will save the district $10 million, according to media reports.

4. 2 Accused of Selling Fraudulent Cruise Packages in Bradenton

Two men are passing themselves off as representatives of a well known Internet site and targeting locations on Manatee Avenue and Cortez Road, police said.

5. Bradenton Hobby Lobby To Open In June

Craft store is replacing Big Lots in the Pinebrook Square shopping center on Cortez Road.

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