Port Richey has adopted a 6.25 millage rate for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, reducing the rate for the third consecutive year. In September, the City Council approved the rate, which determines how much ...

With surf that’s head high only a couple of times a year, it’s hard to believe that Anna Maria Island could produce big wave surfer Izzi Gomez. Izzi, 26, may have gotten some of it from her ...

Manatee County Emergency Communications Center has successfully completed its latest reaccreditation by The International ...

As a result of the investigation, Richard Jaquez was arrested on six counts of sale of marijuana, seven counts of possession of marijuana with intent to sell, six counts of possession of a ...

Rachel Kingdom shows the plaque she received as the grand prize winner in the NIE Educator of the Year competition. [ Photo ...

With one senior and a roster of freshmen, Angeline’s boys golf team is beating more experienced teams and aiming higher at ...

The Wesley Chapel YMCA was developed in partnership with BayCare Health System, which leased the land for the YMCA next to BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel, which opened in 2023. YMCA and BayCare ...

Clearwater is the center of the county’s football world. Two city teams are unbeaten, and two more are winning. The passing game is booming, too, with one Clearwater receiver chasing 1,000 yards and a ...

BELLEAIR — For the past eight months, local leaders have been sounding the alarm about how the state’s plan to expand the homestead exemption would hit their communities. Now that the proposal is ...

BROOKSVILLE — The Hernando County School Board named retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Michael Santiago its Veteran of the Month at its Sept. 22 meeting, honoring a former rescue swimmer who now ...

Nearly $60 million land deal is contingent upon Manatee County officials approving rezoning for development of future campus ...

Residents will vote yes or no on paying for water and sewer upgrades and longer leases on the waterfront, among other questions.