"The bottom line is, this is the state of Florida," Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells told reporters during a press conference on Friday. "You want to break into someone's home, you should expect ...

Manatee County officials are developing new plans to get more people off the streets and into homeless shelters in response to a new Florida law. The law, which went into effect Oct. 1 ...

A similar map for Manatee County road closures is available here ... All State College of Florida campuses will remain closed today and all classes, business functions and events are canceled ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – A South Florida man wanted for the fatal shooting of a man in 2021 was apprehended Friday morning by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Joshua Ismael Campos ...