Manatee County commissioners voted on whether to stop adding fluoride to the drinking water supply Tuesday. The process is a longstanding practice throughout the country, an effort to prevent tooth ...

It started with one commissioner asking questions. That opened up a whole new can of worms when commissioners, and then the public, found out the machine that fluoridates the water in manatee county ...

In recent weeks, officials in the City of Clearwater and Hillsborough County voted to keep fluoridating water, while ...

Cue the 2025 legislative session, and the fix was in: Buried in the governor’s proposed annual budget is a provision to gift ...

A measure moving through the Florida Legislature would make secret the addresses and phone numbers of elected officials ...

A Sumter County official well known for his popular drone videos has softened his tone after meetings with The Villages, who had sent him a “cease and desist” letter. Commissioner Don Wiley, a ...

Complaints about blinding dust storms in Manatee County are not new. Staff gave commissioners a presentation in April 2024 on how to control construction dust and again March 25. Residents ...

A Manatee County man is accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend for days and beating her children. After the victim managed to escape, she said Anthony Reyes-Enos, 22, sent her several pictures ...

The university claims using the logo in the scene "simply goes too far." By Lexi Carson [The following story contains spoilers from the latest episode of The White Lotus, “Denials.”] ...

The UME, which was declared in December 2020, came after hundreds of manatee deaths were linked to the loss of food sources. Between December 2020 and April 2022, the FWC reported an unprecedented ...

Downton Abbey is returning with a third film, confirming the official title for the upcoming period drama. The hotly anticipated return to Downton will be called Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Wednesday is Manatee Appreciation Day in the state of Florida, and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) used the opportunity to share good news.