Spring break for Sarasota and Manatee County schools is coming up but there's still time to finalize travel plans and ...

Girl Scout, Alice Barr, created a sensory room at her school, to help students dealing with anxiety and stress, earning her the highest award. Alice spent more than 100 hours researching ...

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A new restaurant is planned for a bustling area of Manatee and Sarasota counties. Just Salad, which began in 2006 in New York City, is renovating a space inside The Market at University Town Center ...

They participate in nearly all of them, rain or shine, wind or calm weather, and tend to do well because of their dedication.

Manatee County deputies say a targeted early Sunday morning shooting in Bradenton left one man dead and another injured; ...

Here's a look back at the five area teams that have won FHSAA boys basketball crowns from Manatee and Sarasota counties.

A new coastal resiliency bill passed by Florida lawmakers could stand in the way of a proposed cruise terminal in Manatee County.

Shall the West Manatee Fire and Rescue District ("District") be authorized to levy and collect an annual ad valorem tax on ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man killed in an early Sunday shooting as Jamari Murray-Barnes, 27.

Voters rejected a proposed property tax hike and a limit on pets Tuesday in referendum votes.

This new bill protects the Terra Ceia waters thanks to an added amendment by a Manatee and Hillsborough County senator.