As a boat full of sunburned tourists came in a little too fast and a little too close to a mother manatee and its calf ... they’re wearing their logo shirts, they can say, ‘Hey, you’re ...

Former Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes is facing additional charges 14 months after State Attorney Ed Brodsky initially filed three felony charges for notary fraud, grand theft and ...

Manatee County approved a $5.66 million loan to One Stop Housing for a 155-unit workforce housing project in Bradenton. The project aims to address the affordability gap, with average rents ...

(TNS) — Manatee County officials are considering charging residents a new stormwater fee to reduce widespread flooding issues. The fee would add millions to the budget for cleaning canals and ...

A Manatee County judge sentenced Carina Chindamo, 32, to six months of community control and 12 months of probation for restraining a 7-year-old non-verbal student at G.D. Rogers Garden-Bullock ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a small plane crash at Myakka Head Airport on Wednesday morning. Around 10 a.m., on April 23, deputies said a single ...

An alligator traveled a little too close to Parrish Community High School in Manatee County, Tuesday morning. Three Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies came to wrangle the seven-to-eight ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Hurricane season starts June 1, but many of our communities are still recovering from last year’s storms. Six months ago, Hurricane Milton roared into Manatee County as ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A burn ban is in effect for Manatee County. The Manatee Board of County Commissioners imposed the ban Tuesday, forbidding all outdoor burning and use of fireworks due to the ...

PARRISH, Fla. (WFLA) — Manatee County deputies had their work cut out for them Thursday when they wrestled a gator that had wandered too close to a local high school. According to a post on ...