A public-private partnership is restoring seagrass in waters south of the Manatee Viewing Center near Apollo Beach.

Residents and visitors will have a chance to spot the gentle giants as they move to warmer waters. Here's where: ...

After a short, idyllic boat ride down an Apollo Beach canal, a small group of nonprofit leaders watched the lengthy and ...

Week 10 was a decisive week for several Sarasota and Manatee county high school football teams. Venice, Palmetto, and Manatee locked in district championships, and others, like Parrish, Saint ...

Palmetto, Venice, and Manatee all secured district championships with decisive victories on Friday night. Several teams, including Palmetto and Venice, are positioning themselves for home-field ...

Manatee County Animal Welfare is preparing to move its dogs from an aging Palmetto shelter to a new expanded campus in Bradenton. The move will unite operations on the 14-acre Bishop Campus, which was ...

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Tuesday marked the first Manatee County Commission meeting since the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight released results of their audit. Florida CFO Blaise Ingolia said Manatee County was the worst, ...

A new family-friendly taproom has opened in Jacksonville's Arlington neighborhood. The pub features a rotating selection of 19 craft beers, focusing on West Coast and other non-local brews. Its menu ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The CEO said "we've made some ...

Doug Martin, a former All-Pro running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has died in police custody, the Oakland, California, Police Department confirmed. He was 36. Police announced Saturday in a ...