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🌱 Drunk driver totals Bradenton Beach patrol car after officer’s shift ends
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- Drunk driver totals Bradenton Beach patrol car after officer's shift ends
Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 90 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Windy; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 77.
- Thursday: A t-storm in the afternoon, with a high of 90 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bradenton Beach police officer hit by drunk driver: BBPD (wfla.com) — A Bradenton Beach police officer was injured when a suspected drunk driver crashed into his patrol car near Cortez Road and 75th Street West after his shift. He suffered only minor injuries and was treated and released from the hospital, but the patrol car was totaled and the driver was arrested on DUI charges.
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Freckled Fin Irish Pub, 5337 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach
5:00 pm - Lady Bruin Volleyball vs. Gibbs (Middle School Night)
Bayshore High School, 5505 34th St W, Bradenton
6:30 pm - Varsity Football vs. Hawthorne
Bayshore High School, 5505 34th St W, Bradenton
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Freckled Fin Irish Pub, 5337 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach
8:00 pm - NFL SUNDAY TICKET @ FRECKLED FIN →
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🗞 Nearby News
Cortez
- End of an era: $123M Cortez Bridge replacement begins this month (mysuncoast.com)
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- 10115 Day Lily Court, Bradenton, FL 34211 (golfcoursehome.com)
- Bradenton police investigate after 6-year-old nearly drowns at home (bradenton.com)
Sarasota
- 14-Time Felon Faces Drug Charges After Search Of Sarasota Home: Police (patch.com)
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