Linda Pauline "Nanny" Sauer, age 83, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2025, in Bradenton, Florida. Born on July 14, 1941, in Flint, Michigan, she lived a life marked by deep devotion to her family …
Bradenton, FL.- Roger Paul Mousseau, 63, a resident of Bradenton, passed away Peacefully on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at Blake Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Anne Marie Mousseau, with whom …
Hold your hats, history buffs—turns out not all cattle barons wore boots and spurs! Meet Bertha Palmer, the glamorous Chicago socialite who swapped her opulent ballrooms for the wild swamplands of Sarasota in 1910. With a keen eye for opportunity and a defiance of societal norms, Palmer transformed over 140,000 acres of untamed Florida wilderness into booming ranches, farms, and citrus groves, forever changing the cattle industry and Sarasota County's landscape.
On Friday, Florida Politics reported that Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to consolidate the University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee and the Ringling Museum under a vastly expanded New …
Manatee County Commissioners are set to vote on whether to approve a proposed acquisition to support the relocation of the downtown county administrative building. Next …
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Chair Choate followed by the reading of the district vision by Ms. Spray. To provide the invocation, Ms. Spray introduced Sylvia Archie, a member …
On Tuesday, the Manatee County Commission will vote on an estimated $34 million proposal to purchase and renovate a Lakewood Ranch office complex where the county would move the bulk of its administrative operations, including nearly all those currently housed in the downtown Bradenton administrative building. If you’re surprised and even confused by the fact that you had not previously heard about any of this, join the club.
Andrew Heaney is a welcome addition to this season’s Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitching staff. Heaney’s record after six starting assignments is 2–2, with a 2.50 ERA. If it …
When I was a kid growing up in Pensacola, I’d come home from school and immediately turn on “ The Big Show” on WKRG-TV . The avuncular host, Max Goodman, showed a lot of ’50s …
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency received its first round of comments for a new rule that will redefine "waters of the United States" in order to remove protections …
When Stephanie Price took over as manager of an RV park near Fort Myers Beach in southwest Florida, she had a problem: The bay bordering the park had abandoned, sunken …
Red tide was detected at background concentrations in two samples from Southwest Florida. We continue to examine chlorophyll satellite imagery (USF, NOAA NCCOS), and conditions appear clear, without …
The newly elected vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida was convicted in 2019 as part of a state felony investigation into whether he had a sexual relationship with an …
A Manatee County teacher resigned and is under investigation by the Manatee Sheriff's Office after a 5th-grade female student's parents discovered a disturbing letter from the …
On Thursday morning, word leaked that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz would be stepping down. President Donald Trump then made the surprising announcement in a Truth Social …
When it comes to exploring the 1950s roots of rock and roll, you can do a lot worse than to delve into the catalog of Reverend Horton Heat. Singer/guitarist Jim “the Rev” Heath has been …
Florida’s new Halo Law, the controversial statute intended to protect law enforcement from harassment, went into effect at the start of this year. Now the first people arrested and prosecuted …
The Florida Legislature will not vote on a budget for at least another 10 days, as leaders of each chamber say they’re still working on a deal. The legislative session is set to end Friday …
It's another weekend, and you know what that means. If you guessed another great lineup of local, talented musicians in Manatee, Sarasota, and surrounding counties, you would be …
Palmetto Bradley Clay Brick of Palmetto, Florida formerly of Seacoast, New Hampshire, and Hooversville, Pennsylvania, born March 3, 1950. Bradley passed away on April 25, 2025, in Florida, surrounded …