SARASOTA, Fla. — Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium has been officially designated as a secondary care rehabilitation facility ...

Manatee County is rolling out — literally and figuratively — wheeled 96-gallon trash-collection bins as part of an overall ...

Manatee County announced the "Big Bin Advantage" program, an effort to equip residents with large garbage bins and consolidate trash pick-up days.

HKS Architects and Designers along with NDC Construction Company are working to ensure they deliver phase one in time for the ...

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

Court records show on April 16 the State Attorney's Office decided to not prosecute Scott Hopes with notary fraud and added ...

A manatee is back in the water after a team of rescuers worked on Earth Day to remove a fishing lure caught in its mouth on a ...

Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for air, some of them exchange wide smiles.

In a protected part of the Amazon, Bacuri, a young manatee that was found stranded and alone, is being raised in captivity.