Manatee County News

Federal regulators have finally approved an investor group's bid to acquire a majority stake in Community Bank of Manatee.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:56 p.m. Local wildlife expert Justin Matthews said he wanted to draw attention to Florida's burgeoning python population when he staged a dramatic capture of a 14-foot Burmese python in July.

The Manatee Board of County Commissioners today accepted $2.4 million in federal stimulus funds as part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

The estranged husband of presumed dead Manatee County hotelier Sabine Musil-Buehler will soon be receiving yet another phone call from detectives investigating her November 2008 disappearance.

A 17-year-old boy was shot Tuesday evening while playing soccer with friends in the 5900 block of Sixth Street East, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

Manatee County has two openings for a citizens advisory committee that makes recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on children's issues.

Parents who want their children to receive the vaccine will be required to return the consent forms to their school.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management has honored Manatee's Laurie Feagans as its first "County Emergency Director of the Year." Feagans, 59, of Sarasota, who has been the county's emergency management chief for 14 years, accepted the award recently during a ceremony in Orlando.

The Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing and possibly endangered woman, 22-year-old Nayeli Torrez of Bradenton.

A man shot a woman and then fatally shot himself late Thursday night during an alcohol-fueled argument about whether he should move out of the house, the sheriff's office said.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 8:59 p.m. Thomas Ruswick is learning how to grow lettuce hydroponically at the Manatee County Jail.

H1N1 vaccine clinics will start at Sarasota County elementary schools Friday, but don't expect to see them in Manatee County schools anytime soon.

A neighborhood filled with young families tried to shake free of the terror that engulfed their community Friday after a deadly domestic dispute spilled into the street.

Officials found the body Tuesday night of who they think is the man who fell off a boat near the Port of Manatee, northeast of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

The perpetrators in a fight at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA's Fifth Quarter event last month say the YouTube video of the skirmish does not tell the whole story.

Of the 62 cell towers and pole sites in Manatee, 16 are located in the East County.

A court of appeal has overturned one of the first convictions won under the state's new approach to fighting criminal street gangs in Florida.

Parents at two Manatee County elementary schools are being warned to watch out for a suspicious man at school bus stops.

The trial of two men accused of the April 2008 home invasion and beating of former Anna Maria Commissioner Linda Cramer has been postponed until Feb.

A deputy was suspended and demoted after an internal investigation found he was wrong to tackle and arrest a former state legislator from Manatee County.