Manatee County News

The $14 million dollar Robinson Preserve will open later this month on nearly 500 acres near Perico Bay in Manatee County.

As two men headed home around 3:40 a.m. today, four to five men attacked them with bats and a handgun somewhere off 38th Avenue East near Southeast High School, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's report.

A 20-year-old Bradenton man was dropped off at Manatee Memorial Hospital early today with a life-threatening gunshot wound he received under mysterious circumstances, authorities said.

A Bradenton man is facing assault charges this afternoon. Manatee County deputies had to taser 39-year-old Steven Rosenwinkle.

A young Palmetto couple is dealing with the devastating drowning death of their baby girl.

Authorities found a man in his underwear walking around in the 6000 block of 62nd Avenue West exposing himself Thursday night, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

Manatee County School officials say they plan to present their side of the story to a special magistrate when it comes to contract negotiations, even if the Manatee Education Association doesn't show up.

A deadly accident has shut down one Manatee County Road early Monday morning. Officials say one person was killed in the accident involving two dump trucks and another vehicle.

Published: Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 9:31 a.m. BRADENTON After the honk got her attention, the woman on the corner sauntered up to the 93-year-old man, ...

Manatee County Deputies arrested a Bradenton man early Tuesday morning after they say he held up two teenagers at a 7-11. Deputies say David Soper approached the victims in their car after the left the ...

A 37-year-old Sarasota mother was charged with child neglect after authorities said she left her two children at a fast food restaurant and was found at home passed out in bed.

A Palmetto woman fighting outside with her ex-boyfriend asked her 6-year-old boy to go into the house and fetch a steak knife that she used to stab the man in the chest and hand Saturday night.

An unnamed prison inmate who gave key testimony that led to a conviction in a Manatee County murder -- all $3,000 of it -- to local charities in the name of the homicide victim.

BRADENTON Authorities this morning are working a major accident in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75, midway between state roads 64 and 70.

A former Manatee County employee accused of molesting a boy faces up to 30 years in prison after taking a plea deal.

The first two Manatee County Sheriff's deputies on the scene of that deadly I-75 tanker crash in Ellenton have been named "Deputies of the Month." Sgt.

Bradenton Howard Tjosaas is a grandfather and says what he witnessed on Wednesday afternoon is so heartbreaking that it will stay with him forever.

Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key officials have joined forces with local cops and the West Manatee Fire District to put out one simple message: Don't use illegal fireworks in Manatee County.

A 51-year-old man is behind bars on charges of molesting a teenage girl and threatening her with violence if she did not comply with his orders, authorities say.

A woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend and his rabbit with scissors in a fight this year was found not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday and committed to a state psychiatric hospital.