Bradenton and Manatee County lost some iconic local restaurants in 2024. They include waterside dining locations that have attracted visitors for decades and popular spots for eating breakfast, lunch ...

New York has the ball in Times Square, Key West has its Red Shoe Drop and Sarasota greets the new year with a 12-hour block ...

Now the colder air moves out and some 80°+ days return for a beautiful weekend and a beautiful start to the coming week. We are tracking another cold front late Wednesday with a chance of isolated ...

A bond hearing has been set in the new year for the former Florida ballerina sentenced ... Doug Benefield, in her Lakewood Ranch home in 2020. In early December, Whyte sentenced Ashley Benefield ...

Bearden seeks to increase impact fees to the full amount allowed by Florida law. "I tell you what," Bearden ... new racquet and aquatic center at the Premiere Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, ...

In Florida, an estimated 7.1 million residents are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home between December 21st and January 1st. This surpasses last year’s record by 220,000 travelers.

Lakewood Ranch. Sports reporter Jason Dill has covered high school, college and pro sports since joining the Bradenton Herald in 2010. He’s won Florida Press Club awards for sports feature and ...

The manslaughter conviction was a step down from the original second-degree murder charge Benefield faced for Doug's death inside her Lakewood Ranch, Florida, bedroom Sept. 27, 2020, in what has ...

Infrastructure systems up and down the west coast of Florida were overwhelmed by the ... including a new Tommy Bahama Marlin Bar in Lakewood Ranch and retail stores in The Mall at University ...

Previous reporting:Former Florida ballerina's sentencing postponed. She seeks new trial for husband's killing Ashley Benefield Verdict:Jury makes decision in ballerina case Ashley Benefield was ...