The interim title has been removed from Cynthia Saunders as she is the new superintendent of the Manatee County School District. Board members voted 3-2 in favor of offering Saunders a contract... Read More.

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation has given a $100,000 matching grant to Venice Area Beautification to create a "Urban Forest" along the Intracoastal Waterway in Venice. The two-mile long greenway will provide for a... Read More.

Get ready for some traffic headaches in Punta Gorda starting next week. Multiple paving projects get underway starting on Tuesday the 19th and will run for the next four weeks after that. 13 different... Read More.

A circuit court judge has ruled against the city of Venice in a lawsuit in which the city was trying to enforce the payment of mitigation fees tied to annexation agreements dating back as... Read More.

A former church secretary has been charged with grand theft. Esmeralda Cruz, who was previously employed by Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, was issued the card to make purchases and pay bills for the... Read More.

A Naples man involved in a hit and run last September was arrested today after a traffic homicide investigation. Then 20-year-old Carlos Gutierrez Del Arroyo was driving north on Tamiami Trail near Pine... Read More.

Libraries in Manatee County are starting a Living Library Program where customers will have the opportunity to check out and converse with selectively special community members in 20-minute intervals to discuss social, educational, or... Read More.

After making red tide and water quality the main issues of her campaign in 2018, newly elected state Rep. Margaret Good filed legislation Monday aimed at reducing the amount of herbicides sprayed into Florida... Read More.