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The county sold its current downtown Sarasota administration building to Benderson Development for $25 million in December ...

The charges against Scott Hopes have been updated after his legal team argued original charges were not specific enough.

The latest housing market report shows how many Manatee County single-family, townhouses and condos were sold in March.

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

Manatee County officials will consider a $34 million investment into property in Lakewood Ranch to relocate administrative services eastward.

Manatee County teacher resigns amid allegations of inappropriate conduct with a fifth-grader and an investigation is underway ...

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

Manatee County announced the "Big Bin Advantage" program, an effort to equip residents with large garbage bins and ...

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

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a teacher who is accused of sending an inappropriate letter to one of ...

BayCare Manatee will rise next to a new medical arts building on Moccasin Wallow Road at I-75. When it opens in 2028, it will ...