Fourteen couples get married during the Fifth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Wedding in the courtyard of the Manatee County Historical Courthouse on Feb. 14, 2025. Tiffany Tompkins ...

As temperatures drop, Florida’s manatees face dangerous conditions with some developing cold stress, a potentially deadly ...

Ashley Benefield remains jailed during appeal of her manslaughter conviction for shooting her estranged husband in 2020.

Former Ballerina Ashley Benefield was denied release on bond pending her appeal. On Jan. 23, Benefield was in court after being sentenced to 20 years in prison in December ...

A Manatee County judge denied bond for Ashley Benefield as the former professional ballerina appeals her manslaughter conviction in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband. For those who knew ...

The county must also consider repairing the current fluoridation system. Imagine the surprise of Manatee County commissioners beginning a discussion on ending fluoridation and learning from staff that ...

Manatee County will consider new regulations for short-term vacation rentals within the next year, and could soon require that property owners who operate Air B&B rentals or similar accommodations ...

Manatee County will consider new regulations for short-term vacation rentals within the next year, and could soon require that property owners who operate Air B&B rentals or similar accommodations to ...

The bill stipulates that the West Indian manatee will be treated as an endangered species according to the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This means that the manatee will receive legal protection ...

Manatee County is preparing to join several other ... Last September, a federal court in California ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen regulations for fluoride use in ...

The biggest grant that Manatee County has ever received is caught up by a federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump on Monday that was swiftly blocked in federal court on Tuesday.

Life just sucks, and you want some glimmer of hope – a listening ear.” Alves, who was recently named Manatee County's 2024 Employee of the Year, never thought that she would end up as a probation ...