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BRADENTON — The highly anticipated grand opening of Bradenton’s newest Chick-fil-A restaurant seemed to hang in the balance on Wednesday when city officials raised concern about missing roadway improvements that many officials seemed to understand were a

A flip-flop of commission board chair and the pursuit of another interim administrator are the latest oddities.

Just two days after a shocking coup removed Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge as chair, another sudden motion was made Thursday morning to put him back.

The Manatee County Commissioners' vote to expand the five-member Citizens Library Advisory Board to nine members.

It took two less than two days for Manatee County commissioners to reinstate Kevin Van Ostenbridge as the boards chairman.

Commissioner Amanda Ballard called for a revote during a land use meeting Thursday,

Manatee County Commissioners name new board leadership

Manatee County commissioners narrowly voted Tuesday to reappoint District Five Commissioner Vanessa Baugh as the Board of County Commissioners Chair.

The county wants to allow those with licenses to carry guns while they work. Thats a good move for a number of reasons.

Manatee County staff will soon be allowed to carry firearms at work following approval of policy changes on Tuesday.