The St. Joe Company, formerly known as Arvida Corp., owners of the Perico Harbor Marina on Manatee Avenue West, submitted plans Monday to the Bradenton Planning Commission for a commercial development ...

Holmes Beach Police Officer Michael Pilato apprehended three people after they attempted to burglarize a car in the parking lot of the Manatee Public Beach Aug. 16. The car’s owner saw two men in her ...

State Rep. Ron Reagan, an insurance agent who represents clients from an office in eastern Manatee County, says that legislators are "political animals" who will look for solutions to the state ...

The humpback bridge on 127th Street West off Cortez Road will close April 7 for 90 to 120 days to allow construction crews to renovate and raise its height an additional 2.5 feet above the high-water ...

Amy Sharma may have set a world record with her black grouper catch Saturday with her 93.5-pound fish, caught in the Gulf of Mexico off Anna Maria Island. She was fishing with husband Dr. Andy on Team ...

Cobia are starting to make their fall migration right now, with reports of three or four catches being caught this week. Inshore action for snook and redfish remains great, with limit-catches of reds ...

County officials are concerned about the width of Coquina Beach, where sand has eroded to expose rocks and jetties. islander Photo: Lisa Neff A map of the proposed beach renourishment scheduled for ...

Don’t look now, but Anna Maria Island could be over-run with spring breakers this week and next. Islanders and beach goers, however, can rest easy. Spring breakers on Anna Maria Island are not the ...

Nate Davis of Plant City caught this 32-inch-long redfish while fishing with Capt. Tom Chaya on the Dolphin Dreams out of Holmes Beach. Anthony Manali and fiancée JoAnn Fumerelle, both of Anna Maria ...

Ham Jones is closing his Seafood Shack for two or three weeks but that doesn't mean he's selling the Cortez landmark restaurant, he said Tuesday. A persistent rumor surfaced again this week among his ...

Understating the obvious for Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key, the Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials at its March 21 meeting held a discussion on traffic problems confronting the four ...

Anna Maria Mayor Fran Barford told city commissioners at their Jan. 24 meeting that she has talked to the Manatee County Area Transit about extending the route of the Island trolley to include North ...