Manatee's best waterfront restaurants for burgers, beers, and Old Florida charm has closed after nearly 70 years in business.

The National Hurricane Center released a full tropical cyclone report on Hurricane Helene, just six months after it made landfall in the Florida Big Bend region.

Pork Belly’s Eatery and Catering Co., opened in Bradenton in February. The new Florida restaurant joins two locations in Utah. Co-owner Kate Meek says she fell in love with Manatee County over ...

The major storm made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on Sept. 26, 2024, before going on to devastate Appalachia. It was “the deadliest hurricane in the contiguous U.S. since Katrina in 2005 ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman was arrested for aggravated assault after biting a co-worker and striking him with a steel reinforcement bar on Tuesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority opened a new observation area at 8330 15th St. E., Sarasota, on Wednesday, March 12.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted Florida’s top-ranked economy ... Key West, Palm Beach, Hialeah, Coral Gables and Palm Beach Gardens, have also entered into similar agreements.

Spring break is here, both for tourists and Sarasota and Manatee County students and employees, as both districts are off this week. The peak season is evident at area beaches, with visitors and ...

A Florida jury convicted a Bradenton man on Friday of attempted ... to a shell casing from the shooting scene, police said. Manatee County jurors convicted Bell after a two-day trial.

Personnel from Sarasota County Schools recently joined construction officials to celebrate the topping out of what will ...

Visit Sarasota has launched a multi-pronged marketing campaign to promote the keys in Sarasota County as a destination. The campaign will run on social media and through digital ads from mid-March ...

Florida offers a variety ... 600 feet of guarded beach, open sunrise to sunset What to love: The primary draw of this quiet beach – the county’s northernmost — is the snorkeling.