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Portland Podiatrist Sentenced to 100 Months for Abusing 13 Patients During Treatment

Saturday, September 12

A Portland podiatrist will spend more than eight years in prison after 13 women reported he sexually abused them during exams and surgical recovery. Brian Bowen, 52, was sentenced Friday to 100 months. He was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse in a June bench... Read More.

Pine View School in Osprey Named Florida’s No. 1 Public High School, No. 13 in the Nation

Saturday, September 12

Sarasota County has something to brag about this week. Pine View School in Osprey was named the top public high school in Florida and No. 13 nationally in the 2026-2027 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings. The publication evaluated roughly 27,000... Read More.

19 Students Hospitalized After Louisiana School Bus Crash; All Safely Removed, No Casualties Reported

Saturday, September 12

A school bus carrying twenty-one students crashed Friday evening in Grant Parish, Louisiana, on Highway 71 at Campground Cutoff north of Montgomery. According to officials, nineteen students were transported to hospitals, with most taken to Rapides Regional Medical Center and two airlifted to a... Read More.

Rays Clinch First MLB Playoff Spot on Caminero’s Walk-Off Homer

Saturday, September 12

The Tampa Bay Rays are headed back to the postseason, and they did it in dramatic fashion. Junior Caminero crushed a two-run walk-off homer Friday night, his 40th of the season, giving Tampa Bay a 3-1 win over Houston and making the Rays the... Read More.

Five Charged in Death of 5-Year-Old Aniyah Williams: What We Know So Far

Friday, September 11

Five people have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of five-year-old Aniyah Williams in Newberry, South Carolina. According to police, Williams was taken to a hospital unresponsive on Aug. 6 and was pronounced dead the same day. About a month later,... Read More.

Pennsylvania Nurse Charged After Alleged Exorcism Attempt on Nonverbal Nursing Home Resident

Friday, September 11

A county-run nursing home in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, is at the center of a case that has families across the country asking hard questions about patient safety. Nurse Octavia Robinson has been charged with abuse of a care dependent person, harassment, and simple assault after... Read More.

Mississippi High School Football Player Hospitalized After Paraquat Exposure, Awaiting Lung Transplant Evaluation

Friday, September 11

A junior offensive lineman at Lake Cormorant High School in Mississippi has been hospitalized since the start of football season after accidental exposure to paraquat, a highly toxic herbicide that is banned in more than 70 countries but remains legal for restricted agricultural use... Read More.

Triple-Digit Heat Index and Afternoon Storms Return to Sarasota-Manatee This Week

Friday, September 11

Sarasota and Manatee Counties are settling into a classic September pattern, and it comes with a warning label. Heat index values will climb into the triple digits through next week, even though actual high temperatures stay stuck in the low 90s. Saturday sets the... Read More.

TSA Marks 25 Years Since 9/11 With New Horizon 25 Security Strategy

Friday, September 11

The Transportation Security Administration marked 25 years since the September 11th attacks on Friday, honoring the nearly 3,000 lives lost while laying out a plan for the threats still to come. The agency was created when President George W. Bush signed the Aviation and... Read More.

Connecticut Natural Medicine Doctor Charged With Assaulting Underage Patient, Giving Them Meth

Friday, September 11

A doctor of natural medicine at a Connecticut wellness center has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting an underage patient and providing them with methamphetamine during treatment. Jose Mahfoud, who practiced at Sophia Natural Health Center in Brookfield, Connecticut, was taken into custody... Read More.

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Portland Podiatrist Sentenced to 100 Months for Abusing 13 Patients During Treatment

Pine View School in Osprey Named Florida’s No. 1 Public High School, No. 13 in the Nation

19 Students Hospitalized After Louisiana School Bus Crash; All Safely Removed, No Casualties Reported

Rays Clinch First MLB Playoff Spot on Caminero’s Walk-Off Homer

Five Charged in Death of 5-Year-Old Aniyah Williams: What We Know So Far

Pennsylvania Nurse Charged After Alleged Exorcism Attempt on Nonverbal Nursing Home Resident

Mississippi High School Football Player Hospitalized After Paraquat Exposure, Awaiting Lung Transplant Evaluation

Triple-Digit Heat Index and Afternoon Storms Return to Sarasota-Manatee This Week

TSA Marks 25 Years Since 9/11 With New Horizon 25 Security Strategy

Connecticut Natural Medicine Doctor Charged With Assaulting Underage Patient, Giving Them Meth

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