Call Tropical Storm Claudette a sleeper, having formed Saturday night as we all slept. An area of disturbed weather about 100 miles west-northwest of Anna Maria Island was termed a named storm by the ...

Planning is going smoothly for the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17, the celebration’s organizing committee was assured at its meeting last week. Plenty of ...

A few mail ballots remain to be counted Nov. 6 — 864 of 70,082 — but the city election outcomes for Anna Maria and Holmes Beach are not expected to ...

Early donor reports show a big disparity between the dollars raised by candidates for the Manatee County Board of Commissioners. One candidate in the District 1 race has more than $120,000 in ...

Members of the Bradenton Beach Scenic Highway Committee Corridor Management Entity were surprised two weeks ago to learn that Manatee County planned to build a lifeguard station just east of Coquina ...

Holmes Beach city commissioners decided last week to continue their pursuit to prohibit sexually oriented businesses in the city. The commission considered two options during an Oct. 9 work session at ...

Fishing is in that weird stage right now, caught between the summertime - yeah, it's still summer for some fish - patterns and the upcoming winter action. Backwater fishing is good for ...

The roof of this two-story apartment building in Town & Country Perico was destroyed as fire sparked by a lightning strike spread across the roof and through the attic while more than a dozen ...

Mayor Dan Murphy checked in with The Islander Nov. 2 to let readers know: Debris removal continues in the city. The majority ...

As the amount of daylight decreases you can expect water temperatures to start dropping, which will trigger many species to ...

Soccer dominates sports, horseshoes and golf return - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Public outcry over the arrests of Bradenton resident Orlando Diaz, 72, and his autistic son, Francisco Diaz-Burgos, 30, has reached fever pitch. But many of the charges against the pair may stick.