Manatee County residents are headed to the polls in the thousands on Tuesday to vote for president and local candidates in the 2024 General Election. The county could see a record voter turnout, too, ...

Lachina Cropes was arrested for allegedly pepper-spraying foster parents and abducting her biological sons in Florida.

Three people were killed on Interstate 275 in north Manatee County early this morning after the driver of a pickup crashed ...

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly hit-and-run along a busy stretch of U.S. 301 in Manatee County.

Residents delivered impassioned speeches in support of abortion rights at a meeting where Manatee County voted to oppose ...

Three people died in a crash after a pickup truck struck a pole on Interstate 275 and caught fire early Wednesday morning, ...

The big story: Twenty Florida school districts are asking voters to support 22 taxing referendums in this year’s election cycle.

Helene and Milton damaged Manatee County’s barrier island, destroying sand dunes along the coast, ruining lifeguard towers ...

Sarasota County's early voting turnout is high, despite impacts to lives and polling locations by recent hurricanes.

The organism that causes red tide was detected in 49 samples along the coast of Southwest Florida. But bloom-level ...