Palma Sola Elementary to remain open in Bradenton

The Manatee County school board eased the concerns of parents and community members with its decision that Palma Sola Elementary School will remain open, but they will look to the future with a plan to rebuild. 

14 without homes after fire rips through Bradenton apartment complex

More than a dozen people are out of their homes Wednesday after a fire ravaged their apartment complex in Bradenton. Most of those who lived in the burning building were not home at the time, but It was a startling sight in the middle of the day. 

'Don't let my racetrack die': Housing, horsepower clash with sprawl reaching Bradenton raceways

Residents from Lee, Charlotte, Hillsborough, Manatee, St. Lucie, Seminole, Pasco, Pinellas, Volusia, and Hardee counties, plus Arizona and Wisconsin, filled the benches at Manatee County Commission's land use meeting Thursday to oppose forward movement on a housing development proposed next to two of the loudest attractions in the Tampa Bay Area – Bradenton Motorsports Park and the Freedom Factory.