A very small, orphaned manatee calf is headed to Orlando for rehabilitation after being rescued Tuesday by concerned boaters ...

Commissioners in Manatee County plan to vote Tuesday on whether to permanently remove fluoride from drinking water – a practice that leaders recently learned has been suspended since 2021 due to ...

A jury found Howard China Smith III guilty in connection to the shooting death of 32-year-old Todd Reaves during an attempted ...

Heading into the Tampa Bay regional spelling bee in February, Amara Chepuri was seen as the leading contender.

Bradenton Police have stressed their investigation is focusing only on the tracking device, and not with an unrelated ...

Alexis Soto Escalante, 20, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 ...

Cape Coral, near the Lee County Tax Collector office and Cape Coral Police Department. Notes from the organizer ... Sarasota County, Florida: Hands Off! Manatee Fights Back rally will be from 11 a.m.

A 28-year-old man faces prison time after a Manatee County jury found him guilty Tuesday of shooting and killing a man ...

LUCIE POLICE DEPARTMENT SWORE IN THEIR NEWEST HONORARY OFFICER. THIS IS WILLIAM RIVERO. HE’S TEN YEARS OLD, AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. HIS DREAM IS TO BE A ...

Police say life-saving measures were performed on the suspect, but he died after being taken to an area hospital. The officer has been placed on administrative leave, which is in accordance with ...