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.

Sarasota County’s two public drop-off sites for residential vegetative storm debris will close permanently at 5 p.m. Saturday ...

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 major crash on I-75 southbound, near US-301, is causing significant backups. Traffic is delayed nearly 45 minutes and ...

Brick by brick. That was the mantra Scott Paravicini, the head coach of the Lakewood Ranch High School football team, ...

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 ...