USF Student Passes Away in Tragic Incident – Final Communication With Family Revealed
She was minutes from home, driving back from a celebration, when a single bad decision destroyed everything, and the last words her family received from her were ones of pure love. Lauryn Marie Akey, 21, a University of South Florida student from Bradenton, Florida, was killed in the early hours...
City of St. Petersburg launches program to fund affordable rental housing developments
St. Pete’s continued efforts to increase the availability of affordable housing just got a huge boost, as the City of St. Petersburg just launched a new initiative it is calling the Affordable Rental Housing Program (ARHP). With the help of Sunrise St. Pete, the city’s disaster recovery program, the...
Top residential real estate sales for May 11-15 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird...
Brian and Maureen Connelly, trustees, of Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, sold the home at 681 Old Compass Road to Dawn Altmeyer, of Skancateles, New York, for $4.2 million. Built in 2022, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,520 square feet of living area. It sold for $800,000 in 2020.
Sarasota Music Festival returns in new two-week format
The 2026 Sarasota Music Festival will have a new and reduced look that organizers hope will have an even bigger impact on the young musicians who train there, their faculty mentors and the audiences who attend concerts. The closing of the Hyatt Regency Sarasota hotel, within walking distance of the...
12 Florida All-You-Can-Eat Restaurants With Buffets People Can’t Stop Talking About
Florida takes all-you-can-eat seriously. Just imagine the mountains of crab legs, sizzling grill stations, endless sushi rolls, and dessert tables that look like they trained for a beauty pageant, and you will understand why locals and visitors keep coming back with big appetites and zero shame about second dessert. Fr
Lakewood Ranch effort raises $114,507 for the Stillpoint Mission
As a 6-year-old, Shoreview's Ellie Tullidge has three files, each labeled with the following — saving, spending and charity. With her parents, Amanda and Dan Tullidge, providing funds for her charity file, she then decided to donate $25 to Stillpoint Mission, a 100% volunteer-run Bradenton nonprofit that provides essen
Traffic builds on northbound Skyway Bridge due to crash on Manatee County side
Traffic was backed up on I-275 northbound between U.S. 41 and the rest area on the Manatee County side of the Skyway Bridge.
State Backs $50 Million As Part of Rays Stadium Deal
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida State budget negotiators agreed late Friday to set aside $50 million to pay for building upgrades at...
USF Sarasota-Manatee campus would transfer to New College of Florida under state budget deal...
State lawmakers have agreed to transfer the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus to New College of Florida as part of the state budget deal. Current USF Sarasota-Manatee students would remain USF students through a teach-out process for up to four years under the proposal. University leaders and board members say unanswered que
This Florida Beach Town Is Known As The Shark Tooth Capital Of The World
Venice, Florida has earned a reputation that makes beachcombers from across the globe pack their bags and head to its shores. This charming Gulf Coast town sits on some of the richest fossil beds in the entire state, where ancient shark teeth wash up by the thousands every single day. What makes Venice so special is th
