BRADENTON – The large red tide bloom that took root off the coast of Sarasota in the weeks after Hurricane Ian worsened over the past week, with bloom concentrations present in 35 samples: 17 …

BRADENTON – This weekend Biscuit Miller will return with the blues to Cottonmouth Kitchen, Hot Club of SRQ will be jazzing up the park, and The Lee Boys will perform with Melody Trucks from the …

BRADENTON – The Manatee County Commission is bringing an end to citizens’ ability to phone into commission meetings for public comment. Commission Chairman Kevin Van Ostenbridge began …

BRADENTON – Thursday’s land use meeting drew the largest organized development opposition in Manatee County history. Fans of the Freedom Factory race track and Bradenton Motor Speedway …

Jean Laurina Rysanek, 87 years old, of Bradenton, Florida, passed away on December 12, 2022, at her home where she lived for over 60+ years. She was retired from the School District of …

Dennis Albert Wilson, Sr., 72, a longtime resident of Bradenton, FL passed away peacefully Monday, December 12, 2022, with his wife and children by his side. Dennis was born January 18, …

Ryan Phillip Costello, 36, of Bradenton, Florida, passed away on December 11, 2022. Ryan was born on November 11, 1986, in San Diego, California and passed away in his mother’s arms …

Mary Hamstra, 93, Bradenton, Fl. went to be in God’s presence on December 7, 2022. Mary was born in Chicago, Il. and came to this area 65 years ago. Mary was busy raising her eight …

Blanche Elizabeth Hutcheson, 99 years old, of Bradenton, FL, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2022, at Tidewell Hospice Lakewood Ranch. She was a Homemaker. She is preceded in death by …

Opal Juanine Lowery, 85, of Bradenton, passed away on December 7, 2022. Born in Beaumont, MS, she moved to Bradenton in 1962 from Montgomery, AL and she attended Faith United Methodist …

Patricia Ann Miles, 78 of Bradenton, FL passed away on December 7, 2022. She was born on March 7, 1944, in Brighton, East Sussex, England. She is survived by her husband, Michael Miles; her …

Marylou Wisneski, 88, of Bradenton, Florida, passed away December 7, 2022, peacefully in her sleep with her daughter at her side. She was born September 7, 1934, and was predeceased by her …

Eugene H. Ames, 91, of Bradenton, FL, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on December 6, 2022. He was born in Portland, Maine on October 20, 1931. He enlisted in the US Army in …

Danny W. Inman, 76, of Bradenton, FL passed away on December 6, 2022. He was born in Frankford, KY on November 14, 1947. He moved to Bradenton, FL in 2012 from Ohio. He was an engineer in …

Patricia Ann Leksich, 72, of Bradenton Fl passed away on December 9, 2022, in the presence of family. She was born in Vallejo California on February 1, 1950, to Anna & Clarence Geisler who …

James Woods, age 86, of Bradenton, Florida passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022. James was born on May17, 1936. No services are scheduled at this time. Fond memories and …

Cheryl Jean Ballantyne, age 74, of Bradenton, Florida passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Cheryl was born on August14, 1948. No services have been scheduled at this time. …

Barbara Dorothy Lysaght, 93, of Ellenton passed away on December 7, 2022. She moved from Chagrin Falls Ohio to Manatee County in 1959. She is predeceased by her husband, …

After a long tenure of public service, I am fulfilling my promise to retire at the end of this term. I am joining my beautiful wife Barbara in her recent retirement as she closes the chapter on 35 …

SARASOTA – Two longtime residents of Bern Creek Ranches in rural northeast Sarasota County have filed an administrative challenge on a recent Sarasota County Commission approval of a …