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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.

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 ...

Troopers say the crash happened around 12:32 a.m. Saturday on I-75 South in Ellenton. The 25-year-old was driving a Kawasaki Ninja southbound at a “high rate of speed,” FHP sa ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Manatee County deputy learned the dangers of drunk driving after an impaired driver crashed head-on into his patrol vehicle ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Troopers are searching for the person who drove off after side-swiping a school bus Wednesday afternoon in Manatee County. It happened just after 3:30 p.m. on 57th Street East ...