Prisons and jails are difficult to evacuate when wildfires or storms approach. Many of these facilities lack evacuation plans ...

The cold beer and the customers were flowing, as Duffy's Tavern in Holmes Beach reopened on Friday after two months.

A 2-year-old manatee was found 1.5 miles from open water in a small pond near the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area in Dixie ...

Sea cow, not pond cow. A juvenile manatee was rescued from a small pond in Florida — a mile and a half from open water — after being stranded there due to the storm surge of Hurricane Helene.

Manatee County commissioners approved a developer’s request to release about 10 acres of conservation easements along Cooper ...

BRADENTON, Fla. - A kickoff to the holiday season takes on a new meaning for the Salvation Army of Manatee County. They ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — An 18-year-old Sarasota motorcyclist was killed in a Manatee County crash on Sunday after the bike slammed into the side of a truck, authorities said. The motorcyclist was ...

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit provided aerial assistance to other agencies in two rescues during the past week, one of an injured woman and one of a trapped manatee.

The Manatee County Commission approved a developer’s request to release conservation easements for about 10 acres of wetland buffers around Cooper Creek in the University Park area. Cooper Creek is a ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A pedestrian was killed after troopers said he was struck by three vehicles on a Manatee County highway on Sunday evening. At 6:54 p.m. the Florida Highway Patrol ...

MYAKKA CITY — Manatee County rancher Jim Strickland, a longtime champion of agricultural conservation, will be inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame during the 2025 Florida State ...

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — A manatee was rescued after becoming trapped in a small Florida pond. The Florida Fish Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced on November 7, that theClearwater ...