Ellenton News

Kenneth Langston has seen a few critters rescued during his 27 years as a firefighter in Manatee County.

As leaves fell in the fall of 2006, Brenda Fields visited the grave of her husband, Rufus Fields Jr.

Michael K. McCall has been named president of Flowers Baking Co. of Bradenton. McCall, who had been serving as vice president of sales, replaces Richard M. Holder, who was promoted to president of Flowers ...

Authorities are investigating the possible drowning of a 3-year-old boy in the River Wilderness subdivision of Manatee County, one day after a toddler drowned in a pool in Palmetto.

Published Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 2:40 a.m. Historical actors Deanna and Tom Bennett brought their "King Renwick and Queen Rowena" show on Friday to the ...

Restaurant owners are battling the highest unemployment rate in 15 years, a moribund housing industry and rising food and fuel costs.

The first two Manatee County Sheriff's deputies on the scene of that deadly I-75 tanker crash in Ellenton have been named "Deputies of the Month." Sgt.

Florida : "There are only a few days left to receive up to $5,000 of interior upgrades with the purchase of a new Ryland home.

Out of the ashes, a new bridge was built. More than three weeks ahead of the original timetable to rebuild the Interstate 75 overpass destroyed by a tanker truck explosion June 4, the Florida Department of ...

Construction crews, which Friday opened up the reconstructed Interstate 75 overpass in Ellenton, achieved two more milestones Sunday afternoon.

Weather permitting, a reconstructed Interstate 75 overpass in northern Manatee County near Ellenton could reopen at least one of the southbound lanes to traffic tonight.

ELLENTON You might be used to road projects that take months, even years. How about three weeks? Pretty much never, but when thousands of motorists were thrown into a tailspin after an Interstate 75 tanker ...

Southbound Interstate 75 lanes over U.S. 301 in Manatee County will open now that crews have fixed the charred sections from a tanker truck crash.

Published: Monday, June 16, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 16, 2008 at 6:32 a.m. CHIP LITHERLAND SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE WORKERS LOWER A BEAM into place on the southbound span of the bridge at ...

Kenneth Giblin of Colony Cove in Ellenton has been missing since 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.

A single lane on U.S. 301 for westbound motorists opened this evening, and state transportation officials expect a lane to open tonight for eastbound traffic.

Southbound I-75 traffic flows smoothly and at a reduced rate while merged with the northbound I-75 traffic lanes over the open side of the J.D. Young Bridge in Bradenton Monday morning.

Traffic was a bit slower Monday but it was moving on Interstate 75, and the mood was upbeat as thousands of commuters and shoppers returned to their routines.

Published: Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 2:31 a.m. MANATEE COUNTY Construction crews will work around the clock this weekend to finish new roads to divert ...

Its mixed news when it comes to business following that tanker truck crash and destruction of I-75 in Manatee County.