Adam Johnson, the Jan. 6 “Podium Guy,” files to run for Manatee County, Florida, commissioner seat five years after the ...

BRADENTON, Fla. ( WWSB) - The race for the District 6 at-large seat on the Manatee County Commission is getting attention ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis still wants to hand USF Sarasota-Manatee over to New College of Florida. We must act now to save our school ...

With a beautiful weather window after Christmas and a red snapper season that was open until the new year, many Gulf anglers ...

Hundreds of manatees cuddle up for warmth in Florida. Opinion: The American empire has entered its final act Dan Lanning ...

2025 has come and gone, and with it, a year of angling stories that some will tell for a lifetime. The Gulf of Mexico became the Gulf of America and its name still causes divisiveness. I tend to just ...

A year-long investigation into the flow of deadly narcotics across Florida’s Suncoast has resulted in a major tactical ...

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 ...

Two manatees named Sleet and Cabbage were released after months of rehabilitation at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. The manatees were the first patients at Mote's new secondary care facility, ...

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 ...

An elementary school resource teacher arrested for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse materials and footage of sexual activity with an animal. A middle school teacher arrested after allegedly ...

Four years ago, Florida saw a record number of manatee deaths. A record 1,100 of them died in 2021, and two years ago, wildlife officials began hand-feeding manatees lettuce to stave off starvation ...