Hard but fair' conversations coming as Lee County attempts to balance its budget, and considers its largest spender: LCSO.

Manatee County officials approved a $35 million investment into property in Lakewood Ranch to relocate many administrative services eastward.

A Florida man already arrested on multiple counts of exposing himself in public was charged again after a victim allegedly identified him from a news report.

Arrest reports from Manatee County law enforcement have been full of hate speech for decades. How did everyone miss it?

A Manatee County teacher resigned while under investigation amid allegations he wrote an inappropriate letter and spent ...

Dramatic video shows how authorities in Manatee County, Florida, wrangled and "expelled" an alligator from a high school ...

In this case, Manatee County Sheriff’s Officials just want to use the force to remind residents to use the “force of common ...

BRADENTON, Fla. – Manatee County commissioners voted Tuesday morning to stop adding fluoride to county drinking water. The vote was 5-1 to stop adding the mineral. In discussing the move ...

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. ( WFLA) — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a teacher who is accused of sending an ...

Local WFLA, WJBF, and KARK first reported this week that the teacher's alleged letter was discovered by the parents of his ...

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DEPUTY IN MANATEE COUNTY. HE WAS READY TO GO WITH HIS LASSO AND COWBOY HAT TO WRANGLE IN THIS GATOR. THIS ALL HAPPENED AT A HIGH SCHOOL THERE. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THIS GATOR ...