The future of Mixon Fruit Farms will be decided by Manatee County commissioners on July 29 when they vote to either purchase the property or pass. If commissioners pass, Janet Mixon said she and her ...

Florida schools are graded by the Florida Department of Education on a scale of A-F. In the 2024 School District of Manatee County school grades, district schools received 24 As, 12 Bs, 24 Cs and 4 Ds ...

The giant ground sloth was given its scientific name Megalonyx jeffersonii by the US's third president and founding father Thomas Jefferson in 1797.

Students are set to return to school in Manatee County on August 11. That’s when school zone speed detection cameras will be ...

Manatee County utility crews unearthed a piece of history, dating back thousands of years, while digging a trench for a waterline.

Sarasota and Manatee have produced nine FHSAA state championship teams. Now you can vote for the team you think is the ...

Church in Manatee County has been named to the annual "11 to Save" program highlighting historic landmarks in Florida worth preserving. The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation created the 11 to ...

To find the true culprit, Tomasko's team is deploying DNA-based tracking methods across four locations five times this summer ...

The "Good Trouble Lives On" rallies marked the nation's fourth wide-scale protest organized by the same coalition as June's ...

Manatee County is among 10 Florida counties that have reported a case of 'flesh-eating' bacteria infection in 2025.

Manatee County officials are starting the Cortez boat ramp project with a blank slate. Just north of the Cortez Bridge, the ...

Eleven people in Florida, including one in Manatee County, have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" ...