Ellenton News

Shoppers packed the malls this week to find some last minute deals. At Westfield Sarasota Square Mall in Sarasota, store owners say the lingering effects of the recession have not slowed down business.

Published: Friday, December 25, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 5:28 p.m. Waiting on an essential Christmas bonus had Sarasota resident Elsie Schrock shopping on a deadline Thursday.

Authorities say two brothers drowned after falling into icy waters while attempting to rescue a dog that fell into a Northern California lake.

A train derailed just north of U.S. 301 and Ninth Street East on Tuesday at about 11 a.m., causing a diesel fuel spill of about 150 gallons, said Manatee County Public Safety Capt.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 5:27 p.m. Businesswoman in new ebook Debra Morrow of Sarasota-based Morrow & Co.

After more than 3 1/2 years of delays, the Manatee County Commission decided Tuesday to move forward with the improvement of the intersection at Erie Road and 69th Street East, between Ellenton and Parrish.

Published: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 5:09 p.m. Keller Williams On the Water has launched a new commercial real estate division in downtown Bradenton.

The family of Paige K. Sedgley was planning her funeral Monday. The Florida Highway Patrol on Monday identified Sedgley, 40, as the driver who died in a four-car crash Saturday afternoon on Interstate 75 near Prime Outlets-Ellenton, not very far from her shady suburban home.

The fiery crash that left a woman dead and five others, including a 3-year-old girl, hospitalized will long be burned into the minds of those who saw it Saturday.

Troopers closed southbound lanes of Interstate 75 just south of the U.S. 301 exit near Ellenton for about two hours as they investigated the 4:30 p.m. wreck.

A fatal accident has shutdown several southbound lanes of I-75 in Ellenton. The crash happened around 4:30 pm near the 301 exit.

Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows. MANATEE Braden Castle Village: One Office Drive, 27th Street East and Manatee Avenue, Bradenton The castle was once the heart of a rambling sugar plantation built by Joseph Addison Braden and his brother Hector in the 1840s.

Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 5:16 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 5:16 p.m. MANATEE COUNTY- A mother was arrested Tuesday and charged with child neglect for allowing her live-in boy friend to abuse her two children, ages 3 and 5, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Report.

Local veterans are excited about the bigger, better-equipped and better-staffed clinic now under construction in Manatee County.

Three people died Sunday after a two-vehicle collision in Ruskin about 7 p.m., according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

During the next few weeks state legislators will get an earful of suggestions from local governments and the public about what they should do -- and not do -- when they convene in Tallahassee.

With the start of the holiday shopping season today, consumers will buzz through area stores as visions of bargain flat-screen TVs and doorbuster laptops dance in their heads.

The economy is still relatively bleak, but consumers were eager to spend this Black Friday.

The lines are growing at the Prime Outlets in Ellenton! More than 100 people are waiting for the doors to open at the Coach store and the line for those decked out in their PJ's is growing near the Lacoste store where people are waiting to get their free grab bag.

The St. Joseph Food Pantry seeks donations as it plans to prepare bags of food for an anticipated 7,200 families this holiday season.