Manatee County’s First-In-Teams will begin working on opening the roadways within the county. Manatee County officials advise ...

What we’ll probably be finding in the morning are bodies... it’s bleak in some of these areas,’ Chief of the Bradenton Police ...

A metal building used to provide shelter for patrol cars was destroyed Wednesday afternoon in St. Lucie County.

Due to hazardous conditions, emergency services in Manatee County have been suspended. All 911 emergency calls will be logged ...

Evacuees in Bradenton, Florida are receiving food from school staff among other agencies supporting the sheltering effort as Hurricane Milton approaches the state. Superintendent Jason Wysong who mana ...

Re “In unusual rebuke of sheriff, medical examiner rules diabetic man’s jail death a homicide by neglect” (Sept. 19): This is ...

The Manatee County Jail is in evacuation Zone A, but inmates had not been removed from the facility as of Tuesday afternoon.

At least 43 people have died and millions left without power on Friday as Hurricane Helene roared through the south-eastern ...

Ron DeSantis said. The Taylor County Sheriff's Office urged all residents to avoid the area until officially directed to return by the Emergency Operations Office. But if anyone decides to stay ...

Some of the most recent instances saw an 11-year-old and two 14-year-olds arrested for threats against schools in Manatee County ... One Florida sheriff, Volusia County's Michael Chitwood ...

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood ... Daniel Mears, a criminology professor at Florida State University who researches school shootings, said the sheriff's actions are contrary to the spirit ...