BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Deputies are searching for a missing 11-year-old in Manatee County. Paul Lamar Speaks reportedly ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is working to find a missing and endangered 11-year-old boy who was last seen around 6 p.m. on Monday. Paul Lamar Speaks left his home after ...

A manatee discovered in the Tar River near Greenville's wastewater facility was rescued Monday morning and is in the care of federal officials.

ZooTampa at Lowry Park sent their Manatee Rescue Team to Dixie County to help save an entrapped manatee last week.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has announced that one of its deputies passed away suddenly over the weekend.

In a re-vote for the appointments to the Fort Myers Beach Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force, MERTF member Rob Howell was re-appointed by the town council after a second runoff Monday ...

If the company follows through, the only Tim Hortons in Florida — for now — would be on the state’s Gulf Coast.

A hunter in Florida’s big bend region in Dixie County unexpectedly came across a 2-year-old, 500-pound manatee in a small pond more than a mile from open water last week. Rescuers from ZooTampa at ...

The updated FHSAA football playoff semifinal bracket, burning question, recruit to watch and exciting matchups to watch for each region in Class 5A.

One physician at this past week's Florida Climate Conference in Sarasota says climate change needs to be part of medical ...

Heavier concentrations were found this week at several beaches in Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties. Respiratory ...