Manatee County Sheriff

The ACLU filed a class-action petition last week for the emergency release of people incarcerated in Manatee County Jail due to the leak of polluted water at a nearby phosphate plant.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether Commissioner Vanessa Baugh broke state law by putting herself and others on a VIP vaccine list in Lakewood Ranch.

State lawmakers have approved funding for more school resource officers for the 2018-19 school year. But some Tampa Bay area school districts aren't…

Authorities say a Manatee deputy fatally shot a black man who claimed to have a gun, though no weapon was immediately found.Area news outlets report…

Activists plan to peacefully protest a Confederate monument in the city of Bradenton on Monday evening. But after a white supremacist rally in Virginia...

Sprint car veteran David Steele has died during a race in Florida.Desoto Speedway officials said in a Facebook post on Saturday night that track owners…

A substitute teacher who recently worked at a Bradenton area elementary school is accused of molesting three young girls he knew outside of school.The…