The April 12 death of 45-year-old Anna Maria resident Karen Beth Maloney has been ruled a suicide by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. She was found shot around 2 p.m. at a home in the 500 block of ...

Hannah Crowe, left, former student at Anna Maria Elementary School, and mom Debbie of Holmes Beach, were intent on preserving a "chunk" of AME and so they joined workers Ron Bell, lower left, and ...

The long-running saga of bankrupt GSR Development LLC's Villa Rosa property in Anna Maria may be nearing the "end game." Federal bankruptcy court Judge K. Rodney May has ruled that Bon Eau LLC of ...

A Holmes Beach man and a Bradenton woman were arrested June 11 in connection with numerous home burglaries. Some property was recovered, but most already had been pawned by the couple to “fuel their ...

Holmes Beach Police Department didn’t have to look too hard this week to make an arrest in the Dec. 18 robbery of several stores near the business intersection of Gulf and Marina drives. The suspect ...

The curious gather Feb. 4 on the beach in Anna Maria just south of the Sandbar Restaurant to watch a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office team move sand. The MCSO searched the beach last week for evidence ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

Cortez Trailer Park residents and citizens concerned about a possible sale packed the regular monthly meeting of the Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, where the residents of Cortez lent a ...

Temperatures on Anna Maria Island dipped into the low-40s on the first day back from winter break for Anna Maria Elementary students, but kindergartners didn’t let the cold ruin outdoor recess. Leah ...

Call Tropical Storm Claudette a sleeper, having formed Saturday night as we all slept. An area of disturbed weather about 100 miles west-northwest of Anna Maria Island was termed a named storm by the ...

Manatee County, in partnership with the city of Holmes Beach, is planning improvements for the Manatee Public Beach parking lot. islander Photo: Lisa Neff Manatee County commissioners approved a draft ...

Planning is going smoothly for the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17, the celebration’s organizing committee was assured at its meeting last week. Plenty of ...