Terra Ceia News

We met Skink. We actually, truly met the living breathing Skink, straight from the pages of a Carl Hiaasen novel.

MESSENGERS Hundreds of messengers to the Florida Baptist State Convention gathered at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola for the annual meeting Nov.

Don't depend on the government to protect you, the woman said Tuesday. Then she offered a glimpse inside her purse.

Patricia White and her son, Clarence, lived a quiet life at their Palmetto apartment, their landlord said Friday.

Dandrea's Caf is having a grand opening at its 9516 Cortez Road location. Local chefs Danny and Andrea Goyette have opened the breakfast and lunch restaurant.

Residents of Terra Ceia Island say they love their community's Florida Cracker heritage and its look, and they have no interest in living in a traditional suburban setting or under the shadow of high-rises. Instead, they want to preserve the winding roads, historic churches and homes, large lots and the 1907 village center that are hallmarks of ...

It's been exactly one month since a 48-year-old woman was found bound and brutally beaten to death in her home.

The last memory Brenda Steely has of her sister is sweet but also bitter. Sweet because Kathleen Briles left her sister's home in Cincinnati as happy as Steely had ever seen her.

When Frieda Smith's sons visit, she cautions them to be careful. That one of them did four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan makes no difference.

Blunt force trauma killed Kathleen Briles, wife of Palmetto Dr. James Briles, who found his wife bound in the couple's home after the killing, Manatee Sheriff Brad Steube said Thursday.

Behold the scallop, a bivalve bellwether making a comeback in Sarasota Bay. With the help of Mother Nature - including the absence of red tide, drought conditions that reduced runoff, more sensitive development along the coast, and the efforts of scientists - the blue-eyed mollusks are on the rebound.

The investigation into the murder of a prominent Manatee County doctor's wife continues.

Kathleen Briles was a curly-haired, petite woman with mountains of pride and spunk.

Certain categories of crimes such as home invasions and homicides are up compared with last year.

The house overlooks calm and beautiful Terra Ceia Bay. It looks peaceful enough, except for the crime scene tape and sheriff's cruisers surrounding it.

Blunt force trauma killed Kathleen Briles, wife of Palmetto Dr. James Briles, who found his wife bound in the couple's home after the killing, Manatee Sheriff Brad Steube said Thursday.

Published: Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 9:20 p.m. Home invasions, domestic disputes, nightclub fights, teenagers' brawls, boarding-house stabbings, drive-by shootings -- all have caused an alarming increase in murders in Manatee County.

Authorities are expected to release details this morning on how a 48-year-old woman died after she was found slain in her home.

A Palmetto doctor arrived at his Terra Ceia home Monday night and found his wife dead, kicking off a homicide investigation that is continuing today, according to the Manatee Sheriff's Department.

Detectives are investigating the murder of a doctor's wife in Manatee County. Deputies responded to a house in the 200 block of Bay Shore Drive in Terra Ceia shortly before 8 p.m. Monday.