Holmes Beach police arrested Bradenton resident Nicholas Smith, 38, March 16 on a third-degree felony for alleged cocaine possession, a first-degree ...

A sharp rise in fuel prices is cutting into Cortez fishers’ earnings and is beginning to ripple through seafood markets and restaurant menus. Fuel prices ...

A Bradenton man was arrested March 19 after a traffic stop in Bradenton Beach led to the alleged discovery of marijuana, cocaine and more than $4,000 in ...

Center football heads to playoffs, KRC hosts club tournaments - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

A pair of third-degree felony charges didn’t stick in the case against William Boswink, 44, of Bradenton, who was arrested in front of his son last ...

Tennis is called “the sport of a lifetime” and Al Cirulli is living proof that it is. The 96-year-old plays tennis regularly at the Holmes Beach public ...

Construction equipment sits March 19 near the base of the Anna Maria City Pier, where Tampa Bay Marine is rebuilding the pier’s destroyed walkway. Mayor Mark Short wrote in a March 18 email to The ...

West Manatee Fire Rescue inspector Nick Riffe and his son, Bradley, hold signs March 14 along Manatee Avenue to raise awareness about drowning prevention and water safety as part of the fire ...

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By Bonner Joy and Robert Anderson The Islander “I’m banished.” John Di Masi of Holmes Beach was seated in the next to last ...

Spring break crowds are back on Anna Maria Island, but they’ve brought little trouble this year. Local authorities told The ...

Holmes Beach police arrested Port Charlotte resident Christian Cornell, 45, March 11 on a second-degree misdemeanor for allegedly driving under the ...