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

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — The water in front of the Big Bend Power Station is full of manatees right now amid the colder weather in the area. “I estimate pretty close to a thousand,” said Lauren Gomez, a ...

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

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

Rory Jones peered down from the southern edge of the dam. In the shallow, still waters of the Hillsborough River, he watched ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Manatee County commissioners recently approved an investment of $24 million into the county’s parks. Recently, mornings have been really busy for crews working at Manatee County ...

Marion County was riddled with storefront gambling dens — until it passed a local ordinance in 2021 that gave deputies more power to shut them down. Within months, the slot-machine parlors vanished.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Numerous schools across Manatee and Sarasota counties could turn into charter institutions by the 2027-2028 school year, according to both districts. The Manatee County ...

After eight decades in an aging Palmetto building, dogs at Manatee Animal Welfare are getting ready to move into a new campus in Bradenton. FOX 13’s Jennifer Kveglis reports. Republicans Are Pulling ...

Manatee County commissioners denied plans for a new housing development on the Braden River, citing concerns about flooding and traffic in the area. Sarasota developer Palm One Group requested to ...

An investigation found that lax state laws and weak penalties leave little risk for illegal game rooms, which routinely dodge enforcement — closing on one block only to reopen on another. Several ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Investigators responded to a potential crash involving what appeared to be four school buses and another vehicle Saturday in Manatee County. The alleged crash occurred in the ...