The decision by Manatee County commissioners to cave in to threats from Gov. Ron DeSantis was a defeat for home rule in our communities.

The Schemmel Soda Group, which handled the sale, says it is the second-highest priced home ever sold in the Lakewood Ranch ...

At Harrison Ranch, a circuit court judge authorized the district to float $46 million in municipal bonds in 2007 to build the ...

Manatee County deputies said they located a body in a retention pond Friday. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, the body was located at the southbound off-ramp of I-75 and SR-70. “The ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) – The Manatee County Sheriff has preliminarily identified the body found in a retention pond off I-75 and State Road 70 as missing 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier.

Authorities are searching for a missing 18-year-old from North Carolina who disappeared in Manatee County under "suspicious circumstances," according to his family.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — Knox County Property Assessor Phil Ballard has been indicted on a count of official misconduct, accused of abusing the use of a county vehicle while also drawing a travel ...

And early last month, a Manatee County Utilities ground crew found evidence of the area’s giant sloths when they uncovered a fossilized claw from a subspecies of Megatherium in a newly dug trench.

The proposal would put tighter limits on how much property tax revenue cities and counties of a certain size can collect each year.

Manatee County Animal Welfare (MCAW) is looking for information related to an animal abandonment and cruelty case.

As the Middleburg community tries to understand why Trevor Lee, 14, would kill his parents, records show five other calls for service to the home.

Cobb County Superior Court Clerk Connie Taylor has been indicted on charges related to the destruction and alteration of public records, specifically instructing an employee to delete folders and ...