Bradenton FL

There’s something magical about driving down a winding country road in North Florida, Spanish moss swaying overhead like nature’s own party decorations, and stumbling upon a white clapboard building that looks like it was plucked straight from 1927. That’s Bradley’s Country Store for you – a slice of...

SeaFlower, a mixed-use community being built on land that used to be a flower farm in west Bradenton, has released the home prices for its first phase of its development. There will be 1,063 single-family residences built along 400 acres south of Cortez Road and west of 75th Street in this initial phase. Homes will...

Over the past week, red tide was detected in two samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. We continue to use chlorophyll satellite imagery (USF, NOAA NCCOS) to help track nearshore and offshore conditions, and the patches of elevated surface chlorophyll that we have been following over the past few months appear...

Take a look inside this new restaurant from Utah that does things a bit differently.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:

St. Petersburg Police said a body was found deep in the Weedon Island Preserve late Friday in an area where detectives were searching for clues about a missing teenager.

A Manatee County man remains behind bars after a violent domestic dispute escalated into a high-speed chase with law enforcement on February 28, 2025, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies report that the suspect, identified as Derek Thomas Jones, age 42, was arrested after allegedly assaulting...

Relocating to Florida is a dream of many, and some want to do it as economically as possible. One large expense for many is housing. And some would rather live in a home than an apartment. The website Finance Buzz has recently named some towns in Florida where you can reportedly buy a home for under $225,000. And...

Entertainment Jobs Slashed as Florida Theme Park Restructures. LEGOLAND Florida is set to lay off 234 employees, primarily from its entertainment division, as part of a broader operational shift. The layoffs, revealed in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act filing, will take effect on March 25.

Many Floridians do not like to see farmland sold for development, particularly for homes. Losing farmland can mean shrinking rural areas, increasing traffic, and increasing school and amenity crowding. Still, in the last several months, there have has been Florida farmland that has been sold for development. Examples...