Bradenton FL

Homeowners who live near the site to purchase it instead. This week, Sarasota County Administrator Jonathan Lewis publicly informed the county commissioners that the county’s planned purchase of the Forest Lakes Golf Course in Sarasota no longer will take place. Instead, The Sarasota News Leader has learned, a group...

A now inactive Sarasota laboratory will pay $980,000 to resolve allegations it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. Allin IP DX LLC — which was based at 1. S. School Ave., Suite 900 — violated...

Sarasota County commissioners unanimously rejected a proposed change to development rules on Siesta Key this week.

A plan to lease hundreds of acres of golf courses and green space in The Meadows to Benderson Development Co. for nearly 50 years has sparked a lawsuit over the future of one of Sarasota’s oldest and largest communities. The Meadows Community Association board voted 6-3 last month to...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Deputies from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a man in Charlotte County. He is accused of battery of a law enforcement officer. According to an arrest report, Sarasota deputies were dispatched about a possible reckless driver. A witness reportedly told them that Steven Robert...

From the moment Gina Shulman, a retired social worker, met eyes with second graders at Blanche H. Daughtrey Elementary School in the hallway outside their classroom, she was greeted with hugs. The children exclaimed “Miss. Gina!” with a level of excitement that was hard to ignore. After the...

Manatee County plans to honor late Commissioner Carol Ann Felts, who passed away suddenly last week at 68. The board will vote today on naming part of Crane Park, in Myakka City, where Felts lived, the Carol Ann Felts Preserve. Felts wasn’t just a commissioner. She was an eighth-generation Floridian...

PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - Residents of a Palmetto mobile home community say they are uneasy after police say a man was caught on camera exposing himself and peering through windows at the Palmetto Mobile Home Club. Investigators say they have not yet identified the suspect. Stephanie Hildebrand and her husband,...

The investigation into the killing of a beloved Memphis street performer has taken a new turn. Authorities have arrested a second suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of Tajuan “Twon” Todd, a longtime member of the Beale Street Flippers, nearly three months after the deadly incident shocked the city’s...

Looking for a place to eat around Bradenton? Manatee County restaurants are routinely inspected by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation for health and food safety issues and cleanliness. Florida bases its inspection standards on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Code , which...