Mayors from five Manatee County cities gave speeches detailing their plans for 2025, and the issues that their cities dealt with in 2024.

The Carroll City Council gave the preliminary nod last night (Monday) to the Carroll Chamber of Commerce to move forward with ...

Florida Manatee Festival in downtown Crystal River attracted thousands of visitors over the weekend. Sunny skies and ...

Thousands of Manatee County property owners will soon receive letters that determine whether they will can repair their homes following hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton, or if they will need to ...

The first manatee rescued in North Carolina is now back in the ocean. Pamlico, the 9-foot female manatee rescued last fall, has been released into the Tampa Bay by staff from the Florida Fish and ...

“I estimate pretty close to a thousand,” said Lauren Gomez, a staff member at the Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach. The Big Bend Power Station takes in water to cool their machiner ...

Pamlico, a 9-foot female manatee, has been released back into the wild in Florida after being the first manatee ever successfully rescued in North Carolina. North Carolina's first rescued manatee ...

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee population RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. -- A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Deputies in Manatee County have charged 63-year-old Seth Lutz with multiple counts of grand theft. He is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars from customers ...

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 ...