Eang Kong Ung, 73, of Bradenton, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family. He was born on August 2, 1952, in Phnom Penh. Later in life, he immigrated to the …
Jesse (Ted) Hilton, born October 3, 1941, in Wyandotte, Michigan, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on March 5, 2026. Though born in Michigan, he always claimed Florida as his …
Thomas Charles "Tom" Kern, 91, of Anna Maria, Florida, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on March 5, 2026, in Bradenton, Florida. Born on January 24, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tom lived a …
Curtis Pearson VanDuzer, known affectionately to friends and family as Curtis, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2026, in Bradenton, Florida, due to an intracranial hemorrhage. Born on June 28, …
Danny Lynn Kaddatz, known affectionately as Dan by his loved ones, passed away peacefully due to natural causes on March 6, 2026, in Lakewood Ranch, FL. Born on September 11, 1954, in Orion, MI, …
The answer has to do with the air we breathe and that bright white snowpack, as an atmospheric scientist in Colorado explains.
Indivisible Manatee will host its third Community Conversation for area residents, focusing on controversial immigration policies instituted by the current administration. “Neighbors …
Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC is proposing to expand its Riverview stack, located in Hillsborough County, by nearly 180 acres and fill roughly 35 acres of wetlands, ponds, ditches, and other water bodies to …
House Speaker Daniel Perez said out loud Monday what everyone inside the Capitol already knew: The Florida Legislature will reach the end of its regular session Friday without having a new state …
Both chambers of the Legislature, following negotiations, have agreed about what to include in the proposed School Board Members’ Bill of Rights. Board members will gain explicit rights to …
March is gearing up to be a big month in Bradenton's Village of the Arts, with Lucky to be a Local, the third Saturday market, and studio tour events taking place over the next three weekends.
This Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting the women who shaped Florida through education in classrooms, churches and early community schools across Tampa Bay. Often working with limited resources and little recognition, they laid the intellectual foundations of our region and helped shape generations to come.
Palmetto resident Anthony Drake is the first candidate to announce plans to pursue election to the Manatee County Commission District 1 seat left vacant …
Since 2001, the world has generated over 2.5 billion tons of plastic, an amount expected to triple by 2060. Plastic pollutes beaches and landfills as well as the ocean. …
This week, the Palmetto City Commission, the Bradenton City Council, the Manatee School Board, and the Manatee County Planning Commission will be in session. …
Over the past week, red tide, Karenia brevis, was observed in four samples from Northwest Florida and two samples from Florida’s East Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 …
Senator Ashley Moody, appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill the vacancy left when Marco Rubio was appointed Secretary of State, looks to have the Republican nomination locked up. Lt. Col. Alexander …
There’s never a good time to make it more difficult for the public to oversee the police. There couldn’t be a worse time than now. The murders of two innocent civilians in Minneapolis, …
The Florida Legislature is set to pass a measure as soon as this week that would protect the identities of police officers and crime victims, more than two years after the state …
Pittsburgh Pirates’ Termarr Johnson is a patient young man. When entering the Pirates’ clubhouse at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida, if you make a hard right turn immediately, this is where …