Emergency medical service technicians and lifeguards at Coquina Beach Aug. 5 worked unsuccessfully to revive Bridwell F. Tobin of Sarasota after the man shot himself with a small pistol. islander ...

Visitation for Holmes Beach Police Officer Pete Lannon, who died June 1, will be 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Brown and Sons Funeral Home, 604 43rd St. W., Bradenton. A funeral Mass will be ...

Lifelong islander Jean Bystrom captured mullet photos last week at "mom and dad's dock," Jean and Hugh Holmes Sr., in Holmes Beach, where the fish were schooling and gurgling on the bay water's ...

The AID service will take place at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, and feature a joint church choir and worship leaders from each congregation. The Rev. Harry Parsell of ...

The good news is that resorts on Anna Maria Island received support on proposals to curb runaway taxes from several different fronts last week. The bad news is that the proposals are somewhat ...

Both candidates for the Manatee County Commission seat for District 7, which includes Anna Maria Island, have the financial backing of a number of significant business leaders and elected officials.

Florida law defines “low-speed vehicle” as “any four-wheeled vehicle whose top speed is greater than 20 mph but not greater than 25 mph, including neighborhood electric vehicles. Low-speed vehicles ...

The BeachHouse Restaurant will sponsor a midnight fireworks display in Bradenton Beach to usher in 2010. islander File Photo Islanders will usher in the new year with a blast on the beach, literally.

It's that time of year: We're somewhat between seasons for trout and snook, redfish seem to be somewhat elusive, but sheepshead are literally swarming near any kind of piling, dock, structure or any ...

A Cortez woman has been arrested on charges of robbing three banks and is a suspect in a fourth bank robbery. Her husband also has been arrested in connection with the crimes. Michele L. Blalock, 38, ...

Bradenton Beach city commissioners approved a first reading of stop-gap regulations for the waters that the city controls. The ordinance, which is scheduled for a second and final reading on Feb. 5, ...

A firefighter works at the scene of a five-engine fire in Holmes Beach early April 17. islander Photo: Bonner Joy The sun came up bright on the bay April 17 to reveal the dark smoke that remained over ...