BRADENTON, Fla. - A kickoff to the holiday season takes on a new meaning for the Salvation Army of Manatee County. They ...

A 2-year-old manatee was found 1.5 miles from open water in a small pond near the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area in Dixie ...

Red tide that has lingered miles offshore from the Sarasota and Manatee shoreline has been pushed closer to local beaches by a shift in the winds.

The celebrity chef and host of Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" visited Anna Maria Island with his Guy Fieri ...

Manatees along Florida’s coast are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift ...

Since we became a state in 1845, Florida-based candidates have repeatedly run for president but repeatedly lost. Reubin Askew ...

This week will also see the return of an annual two-day country music festival in Charlotte County, featuring acts with ...

The trio of tropical systems left their devastating mark, but there were many other stories in Sarasota during the past ...

Here’s a look at how high school teams and players did in cross country, swimming, golf, volleyball and football.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says it was notified of the manatee being alone in shallow parts of the ...

A hunter stumbled across a large aquatic creature in an unexpected location in Florida. Then rescuers stepped in. The ...