Bradenton FL

Aquilla J. Morgan High School was built to hold up to 3,500 kids, as enrollment numbers have skyrocketed across the Tampa Bay area

A man is facing a manslaughter charge after fatally shooting his 76-year-old father Tuesday in what he told deputies was an accident, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said they responded shortly before noon to the 12300 block of Baypointe Terrace in Cortez, where they found 35-year-old Ian...

After nearly five decades of operation, The Meadows Country Club in Sarasota, Fla., has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, signaling the end of an era for one of the region’s most storied private clubs. The filing, submitted on July 7 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, lists between $1...

Wild-caught redfish are a popular recreational fish in Florida but are rarely found in restaurants or grocery stores due to past overfishing. A Sarasota-based aquaculture company, Pine Island Redfish, is successfully farming redfish at Mote Marine Research Park and plans to expand significantly. The company's...

A rainbow-colored crosswalk in downtown Sarasota could be on the chopping block after a new statewide memo from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) raised concerns about artwork on public roadways.

Deputies say a Holmes Beach man attacked a woman and tried to leave her for dead during a fishing trip more than 30 miles offshore of Anna Maria Island. Douglas Scott Naeher, 60, faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder and a charge of domestic battery, according to court records. The Manatee County...

The ‘hub’ will offer showers, wifi, fresh-baked pizza, yoga, poetry and more to unhoused Sarasotans. Host: Streets of Paradise has been around for a while, looking after unhoused Sarasotans and Manatee County residents. It has not done so without controversy. But now it is opening a big facility where those who need...

As the sun set on July 28, Ozzie Exposito was standing outside with his family, at Casa Blanca Vacation Rentals on Siesta Key, and they were waiting for a sound. “She always times it perfectly,” Exposito said. “She never fails.”. The family were nonetheless surprised to learn it...

VENICE — State Attorney Ed Brodsky's office has declined to prosecute a Port Charlotte man accused of molesting a young family member in Venice.

Numerous members of the public turned out during a July 22 Sarasota County School Board meeting, as the board voted 3-2 to approve for advertising an amended version of its student code of conduct. Speakers criticized revisions that remove the enumeration of specific protections for students in categories that...