A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been arrested after he allegedly pointed a gun at a man’s head during an argument while off duty in Sarasota last month, the agency said in a news release. Records show the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested Benjamin Sampey, 21, on Tuesday and booked him into the Sarasota […]
Elections supervisor wrong for the job The developer puppet, Supervisor of Elections James Satcher, spells big trouble for Manatee County. He is disenfranchising voters and politicizing his role − and he has only been in the position a couple of months. He recently followed the authoritarian playbook by not allowing an election for one of the open […]
As tropical system Invest90L approaches Florida, heavy rains have produced flash flooding across Sarasota and Manatee counties. A flash flood warning remains in effect for south central Manatee County and northwestern Sarasota County until 10 p.m. tonight. Flooding has been reported on the north side of Fruitville Road between Beneva Road and Tuttle Avenue, as […]
Good luck to all the administrators at their new postings around the Manatee School District. Among the new principals are Carl Auckerman at Nolan Middle. A 26-year district veteran, he was principal at Braden River High, Palmetto High, Johnson Middle and Central High and an AP at Bayshore High. Wendell Butler at Braden River High. […]
A round of applause for those folks recently honored by Superintendent Jason Wysong for having served the Manatee School District an incredible 50 years or more and 40 years or more. Like Linda Carnes and Pat Barber. Carnes is now in her 51st year as a teacher in the district. She spent 35 years at Sugg […]
Manatee County is in the process of installing new pickleball courts at Lakewood Ranch Park. The concrete courts will be replaced with asphalt. The county will also add a hitting wall for players to warm up and a shade cover for players that are waiting for an open court. In a social media post earlier […]
National Safe Boating Week will be held this week, and every year, it’s a time to remind boaters about the rules and safety tips for everyone to be safe on the water. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
BRADENTON, Fla. – As Manatee County commissioners read a proclamation supporting Israel, Yuval Sima Tov joined the group. “It was a really hard time to talk about it and to feel the pain, because we lost two of my best friends,” he said. Tov and his friends fled the Supernova Music Festival on October 7, […]
Faith leaders sat down with Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells and the chiefs of police at five other law enforcement agencies in the county on Thursday to improve a pre-arrest diversion program. Leaders from Stronger Together Reaching Equality Across Manatee (STREAM), composed of 15 multicultural and interfaith congregations, have worked with the 12th Judicial Circuit […]
The Publix grocery store in the Bayshore Gardens Shopping Center is closed until further notice, and it won’t reopen until 2025. The supermarket chain plans to rebuild the more than 30-year-old grocery store, 6030 14th St. W, Bradenton. Publix expects to open a new, larger store in the same space next year. “We are always […]
Freedom Factory racetrack owner and YouTube influencer Cleetus McFarland has purchased an airstrip in Manatee County. McFarland, whose real name is Garrett Mitchell, announced the purchase of the private Myakka Head Airstrip and about 45 acres of land in a YouTube video posted this week. In addition to his social media presence, Mitchell has also […]
YouTube star Cleetus McFarland announced Thursday in a YouTube video that he bought a private airport in Manatee County. McFarland gave his more than 3.5 million YouTube subscribers a first look at the 50-acre airport in Myakka City. The video, which captures a P-51 Mustang fighter plane landing on the grass runway, has over 1.4 […]