Bradenton FL

The grouper sandwich at Hurricane Seafood Restaurant in St. Pete Beach isn’t just lunch, it’s a life-changing event that happens to come on a bun. One bite is all it takes to understand why locals guard this place like a precious secret and why visitors become instant converts to the Church of Fresh Florida Seafood.

Spring has brought many seasonal changes to Longboat Key, but one that has delighted residents perhaps more than any other is this week's hatching of six new mute swans. Longtime caretaker David Novak and a handful of volunteer helpers gave the swan family a check-up the morning of April 22.

Albert Miano Jr. is the newest uniformed officer with the Longboat Key Police Department. The U.S. Navy and Army National Guard veteran has two decades plus in law enforcement experience, according to Longboat Key spokesperson Tina Adams. “His dedication to service is reflected in his impressive law enforcement career, spanning...

PUNTA GORDA — Days after a jury found Colin Tardiff guilty of trafficking in cocaine, a judges sentenced the 58-year-old Venice man to 17 years in the Florida State Prison System.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Police reported a traffic stop Tuesday morning where a motorcyclist was going 116 mph on Fruitville Road. On a post on social media, police said the driver was spotted in the 2500 block of Fruitville Road just before 7 a.m. “116 mph in a 40...

A Parrish man is under arrest after deputies say he beat a child with a PVC pipe. Eddie Javier, 41, faces a charge of aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison, according to court records. An attorney representing Javier did not immediately respond to the Bradenton Herald’s request for comment. Deputies say the child was wrestling...

Bradenton police are investigating a threat of a school shooting at Sugg Middle School on Monday morning, the Bradenton Police Department said in a news release. Additional officers are on the campus Monday as the investigation continues, the department said. The threat originated from a text message that was circulating among students, according to police. The text message is “regarding a threat of a...

ST. PETERSBURG — Eighteen months after Hurricane Helene tore through the fishing pier at Jungle Prada de Narvaez Park, the structure still stands in Boca Ciega Bay — closed, deteriorating and untouched. Most of south Pinellas County has lagged. Fort De Soto's Bay Pier, damaged by the same...

William Kelley is a Sarasota-based painter and global thinker. His imagery explores questions of memory, identity and what the Romans called genius loci — the spirit of a place. He thinks big, and he paints big. A visit to Kelley’s downtown studio begins with wine and conversation. He’s not...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) — A body has been found in the search for the second missing doctoral student from the University of South Florida (USF). The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said searchers found human remains Sunday in the water near where the body of another USF student was found days earlier.