One year after a 67-year-old woman vanished, a Manatee County probate judge has declared her dead, the Bradenton Police Department announced Friday. The Florida Highway Patrol says the Tesla that was ...

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

PALMETTO, Fla. (WFLA)- From the fried food to the exhilarating rides, the Manatee County Fair kicked off in Palmetto on Thursday. For this year, Strates Shows was named as the carnival provider ...

Netflix’s Black Stories collection celebrates Black ... During the Civil War, white Southern farmer Newt Knight served in the Confederate Army as a medic. An abolitionist and pacifist, he ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (SNN) — A growing scheme is targeting Manatee County residents through social media, particularly Facebook, using sensational posts to deceive users. Known as the ‘bait-and-switch’ ...

4. Here is the Herald-Tribune's Top 10 rankings of girls high school basketball teams in Sarasota and Manatee counties. The rankings take into account results through Jan. 14. High School Roundup ...

From the fried food to the exhilarating rides, the Manatee County Fair kicked off in Palmetto on Thursday. Sound of a meteorite hitting Earth captured for the first time – on a doorbell camera ...

A manatee was spotted in a Pompano Beach waterway with a bike tire stuck around its torso on Dec. 27, but it swam away before Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists could ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...

The manatee viewing area on the first floor of the SeaBase Aquarium is blocked by blue curtains and rope. The second-floor viewing area is also blocked by rope, although we could still see inside.

But this week, the feds balked at restoring "endangered" status to the Florida manatee. Instead, they plan to leave them at the less-serious status of "threatened" and make their smaller cousin ...

Manatee County continued to more closely scrutinize development proposals following the election of new county commissioners in the 2024 elections, though the board ultimately approved the ...