Bradenton, FL

The Suncoast Post has published its weekend live music guide, and it’s a deep one: 15 verified venue listings for each day from Friday, November 6, through Sunday, November 8, 2026. That’s 45 shows total, checked as of November 3, with times listed in Eastern. The listings stretch across Clearwater, Tampa, Bradenton, Cortez, Sarasota, North…

For the second consecutive year, Sarasota Bradenton International Airport has been named the Best Resort Airport in the United States. The honor reflects what Suncoast residents have known for years: SRQ delivers the convenience of a small regional airport while offering the reach of a much larger one. With more than 60 nonstop destinations and…

Bradenton’s police officers and firefighters are trading call logs for box scores Thursday night. Boots vs. Badges returns to LECOM Park, with gates opening at 6 p.m. and first pitch at 6:30. Tickets are $10, and proceeds go to local charities through the Braid and Blue Foundation.The matchup revives a rivalry from years past. The…

The Bradenton Police Narcotics Unit closed out a two-month enforcement window with results that are hard to ignore: 12 arrests between September 1 and October 31, along with 4.8 kilograms of cocaine, 122 pounds of loose-leaf marijuana, and 16 firearms. Officers also confiscated more than $130,000 in cash, plus smaller quantities of MDMA, psilocybin mushrooms,…

John Arthur Courtois – age 73, of Flint, formerly of Bradenton, FL, passed away on October 20, 2026. Services provided by Sharp Funeral Homes. www.sharpfuneralhomes.com. The post John Arthur Courtois first appeared on Tri-County Times.

88 Live Piano Bar in Bradenton was standing room only on October 27, when 26 female singers from across the Suncoast took the stage for a four-hour benefit concert. The show, part of the Women Who Rock the Suncoast series founded by bandleader Kurt Kiehnle, charged $20 admission and added raffles and an auction on…

For anyone who lives or works near Sarasota-Bradenton, St. Pete-Clearwater, or a smaller airfield along the coast, airplane noise is part of daily life. What we rarely think about is what happens when an aircraft comes down before it reaches the runway. A UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky killed three crew members and a…

Hope Seeds International, a Bradenton nonprofit, is sending seeds to the island to help families still dealing with the long road to recovery.

Travelers out of Sarasota-Bradenton now have something to look forward to in summer 2027. Southwest will run Saturday nonstop flights between SRQ and Austin-Bergstrom from June 5 through July 31, 2027, and will take its Kansas City service from weekly to daily during the broader summer schedule, June 3 through August 2. Both additions are…

A new hangar and learning facility for youth aviation education has broken ground at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, giving Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 180 and its Teen Aircraft Factory of Manasota a permanent home. Chapter leaders say the community aviation center has been 16 years in the making. Inside the hangar, students will build aircraft and…