The SIAC Council of Presidents has approved the elimination of divisions across all conference sports, expanding a model already used in football. At the same time, the Division II HBCU conference is ...

The MEAC is adding an HBCU from the SWAC and a PWI from the Big South for women's flag football. Mississippi Valley State and Gardner-Webb will join as associate members in the sport during the ...

Palmetto High School athletic director Bryan Wilkes has died, the school announced. He was 63 years old. A Bradenton native, Wilkes was a graduate of Southeast High School. He was a wrestler for the ...

The most crowded county commission primary race includes six Republican candidates vying to serve a special two-year term.

Construction of Sara’s Studios is ongoing beside the Manatee Performing Arts Center on Aug. 12, 2026. Pittsburgh-based Point Park University could use space in the two facilities as part of an ...

A prominent local developer group plans to open a new trade school to “create a pipeline of skilled laborers” for Manatee and Sarasota counties. Suncoast Apprenticeship Academy, in partnership with ...

Before beginning his HBCU basketball journey at Winston-Salem State University, incoming freshman Nick Keith is making time to give back to young players in his hometown area.+ Keith will host his ...

Unlike the Sarasota spot, which has seating, the new Lakewood Ranch bakery is set up as a takeaway for grab-and-go goodies.

Tuskegee University students as conversations continue around the school's dress code and professional expectations. The ...

At 7 years old, JeanCarlos Fiallos Manzanares crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, hiding in the trunk of a taxi with his older sister. For more than a decade, he lived in the shadows in the ...

Bradenton’s school zone cameras caught 68 drivers speeding on the first day of the new school year, according to the Bradenton Police Department. “School’s in — and so are the numbers,” the department ...

One of Manatee County’s at-large seats is up for grabs in November, and a crowded field of candidates is running to claim it. Five candidates are running to represent constituents across the entire ...