On Jan. 8, at their first meeting of the new year, the Manatee Board of County Commissioners received an update on the ...

The Florida Legislature directed OPPAGA to analyze the potential benefits of consolidating local government services for the three ...

Over the weekend of Jan. 3-5, residents, neighbors and friends of the Pines Trailer Park were shocked by an announcement from ...

Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 86 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations of ...

Cold weather calls for shrimp on the hook — and patience - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Week one of the adult flag football league at the Center of Anna Maria Island kicked off Jan. 9 with five games played. The ...

Mullet fishers congregated off Bean Point in the mouth of Tampa Bay last week for a mullet catch. The fish, prized in Europe and Asia for its roe, gather in large schools in late fall and early winter ...

Understating the obvious for Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key, the Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials at its March 21 meeting held a discussion on traffic problems confronting the four ...

As stories go, this definitely is one, and it's got all the elements of a made-for-TV movie. There's adventure, romance, tragic death, a miraculous escape and a surprise ending. It's even got ...

The week’s golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach got started Dec. 11 with the men’s modified-Stableford system match. Joe Coyne, Jerry Martinek, Ron Pfaff and Ed Harrell all finished at ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

A Cortez woman has been arrested on charges of robbing three banks and is a suspect in a fourth bank robbery. Her husband also has been arrested in connection with the crimes. Michele L. Blalock, 38, ...