Changes planned for Homes Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) should make it easier for more homeowners to refinance their mortgages.
Downtown has become a popular venue for events, but tight budgets and competing interests have the city examining its success.
School board embraces “transparency” and social media in its financial dealings.
The U.S. Coast Guard seized seven tons of drugs worth $180 million from a pair of 'drug subs.' The submersibles elude capture by dropping to the ocean floor.
Tourist season is beginning, so that means it's time to tear up the streets.
Random shootings, a grand building saved and other highlights of the past seven days.
Widewaters Group will develop a 115-room hotel with modern rooms but restore the hotel to its former elegance. The restoration may include a new paint job, too.
A standing-room-only crowd packed the Manatee County Commission Chambers.
Local state senators and representatiaves hear from governments, organizations and citizens about the need for new laws.
A flurry of deal-making results in cautious optimism that historic Manatee River Hotel will be restored.
Residents came to Ballard Elementary Tuesday night to gather details about the extent of the dredging project set to begin next month.
Melody Carpenter's Maltese was attacked and killed by a coyote. Now she wants warning signs in areas where coyotes are active.
A provision to an existing foreign visa bill already being considered in the U.S. Senate was proposed last week to boost real estate sales in the U.S.
While the alarms appear to be a good deterrent for some theft, the county charges as much as $400 for repeated false alarms.
It took just a day for the County Commissioners actions to draw attention in other communities.
We The Kings and Jamie Gregorich receive proclamations from county commissioners.
More than three years in the making, county commissioners adopted a no-kill policy with a goal of adoptiing or fostering 90 percent of all dogs and cats that come into the animal shelter by Dec. 2012.
The environmentally sensitive lands will serve as a sanctuary near the lower Tampa Bay.
The web-based auction allows users to bid on hundreds of items lost or abandoned at the Tampa International Airport, including cameras, luggage, iPods and computer accessories.
The Bradenton City Council unanimously approved the 2011-12 budget with an increase to ad valorem tax rate of 25-cents for every $1,000 in assessed property value.
Commissioners recommended a lower speed limit and narrower lanes for a 1.5 mile stretch of the road project designed to be a main east-west artery.
A meeting next week will give citizens an opportunity to analyze the county's political boundaries and have a say in redrawing the districts.
The GOP hopeful for the presidential nomination was sick with the flu.
Herman Cain will answer residents' questions Monday during a campaign stop. What would you ask the candidate?
Bradenton Council members urge anyone with information to come forward.
Floods in Pennsylvania from Hurricane Irene temporarily closed the facility that prints the checks for the state of Florida. In Manatee County 91 families were affected.
Manatee County Commissioners are considering a variety of plans that will set the political boundaries for coming years.
The 2011-12 school budget will mean an increase in the millage rate.
In a design meeting, skaters enthusiastically approved the overall concept for the waterfront skatepark slated for the Riverwalk at Rossi Park.
Manatee County commissioners unanimously voted to maintain the current millage rate Wednesday after reaching a budget compromise with the sheriff.
This “mini” comics convention is a chance for teens to make art, play games, win prizes, show up in costume, and show off their creativity.
Here's a break down of where the money goes.
The groundbreaking is set for Sept. 19, and skaters will participate in a design meeting for the skate park next week.
In a 5-2 vote commissioners overturn an ordinance allowing Neal Properties to build a 150-home development at Robinson Farms.
Director Eric Basinger resigned to accept a position in Alabama.
Council members vote 5-0 to designate the property a Brownfield area, making it eligible for environmental clean-up grants.
Funds are tight as the Downtown Development Authority considers spending on the renovation and 11 competing projects.
Pope Golf will share revenues with the county while providing improvements to the public golf courses.
Tax savings this year will allow Sheriff Brad Steube to hire at least 10 new deputies.
Richard Garst saved his co-worker after the two were in a head-on collision.