Good morning, Bradenton.

SRQ VETS is gearing up for its second annual Clays Classic on Saturday, Sept.

26 at Sarasota Trap, Skeet + Sporting Clays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event offers sporting clays, breakfast, and lunch while raising funds to support local veterans and their families.

A historic home in Manatee County was named the first local landmark when it received its designation on Monday, Aug.

31. The recognition highlights Bradenton's cultural heritage and will support future preservation efforts.

On Monday, Holiday House Sarasota provided 600 pairs of new shoes to Gocio Elementary students, helping them start the school year with confidence.

The non-profit continues to support local Title-1 schools with additional events planned for December.

A local organization will distribute free shoes today to 600 students in Bradenton schools (details provided in the press release).

The program aims to help students have proper footwear for their daily classes.

Meteorologists track two tropical systems as a disturbance in the northern Gulf could strengthen into a tropical depression and bring needed rain today to drought-hit areas while remnants of Dolly move west toward Florida.

Local officials plan to review a new parking proposal for Anna Maria Island designed to ease congestion & improve access for visitors.

The plan will be discussed publicly soon.

A Tampa Bay family is urging mandatory ECG heart screenings for middle school athletes after their 13-year-old daughter experienced a cardiac emergency following a game in Anna Maria Island.

Doctors say the current high school requirement has already helped identify dozens of cases of Wolff-Parkinson-White among student athletes.