It also meant photo-enforced speed cameras in school zones were watching. And quite a few drivers in Bradenton found that out the hard way. On the first day of the 2025-2026 school year, those cameras ...

PALMETTO, Fla. (WFLA) — An endangered smalltooth sawfish was relocated this week after being trapped in a lower Tampa Bay wetland.

A woman is in custody a week after fleeing from deputies with her 2-year-old daughter in the vehicle, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - For the third year in a row, Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells honored the Safety Patrols at ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) said detectives have arrested a 27-year-old woman who fled after a theft ...

The family of an 18-year-old found dead in a Manatee County retention pond spoke out about his death. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office found Giovanni Pelletier off of I-75 and State Road 70 on ...

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said deputies arrested 27-year-old Courtney Stanley for trying to flee from deputies on ...

On Aug. 5, Manatee County commissioners voted 6-1, approving staff and the County Attorney’s Office to create a draft ...

The sheriff's office proposed budget of more than $225 million includes more than $160 million for personnel costs, $50 million for corrections, $11 million for courts and $2 million for internal ...

Like many endangered and threatened species across the nation, manatees’ fates are intimately tied to the health of key water bodies like the Indian River Lagoon.

Commissioner Bob McCann stands behind the amendment he brought before the commission in January that would reinstate ...