MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is working to find a missing and endangered 11-year-old boy who was last seen around 6 p.m. on Monday. Paul Lamar Speaks left his home after ...

A manatee discovered in the Tar River near Greenville's wastewater facility was rescued Monday morning and is in the care of federal officials.

After 30 years leading Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, a search firm has been contracted to recruit President and ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park sent their Manatee Rescue Team to Dixie County to help save an entrapped manatee last week.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has announced that one of its deputies passed away suddenly over the weekend.

In a re-vote for the appointments to the Fort Myers Beach Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force, MERTF member Rob Howell was re-appointed by the town council after a second runoff Monday ...

If the company follows through, the only Tim Hortons in Florida — for now — would be on the state’s Gulf Coast.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Police are seeking answers after a Nov. 12 shooting left a 43-year-old woman dead in Manatee County. The ...

A hunter in Florida’s big bend region in Dixie County unexpectedly came across a 2-year-old, 500-pound manatee in a small pond more than a mile from open water last week. Rescuers from ZooTampa at ...

A major crash on I-75 southbound, near US-301, is causing significant backups. Traffic is delayed nearly 45 minutes and ...