Manatee County News Archives

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.

It's a sign of the times. In the midst of budget cuts and economic struggles, the Manatee County School Board on Monday went into discussion about whether to postpone work on a middle school due for a new paint ...

If you run a red light in Manatee County, you may be caught on tape, and it could cost you.

One of Julia Earl's daughters constantly asks her grandparents where her mommy is.

A 70-year-old woman helped Manatee County authorities catch a would-be robber who apparently underestimated his intended victim.

We've told you that Manatee County Schools superintendent Roger Dearing has accepted the job as executive director of the Florida High School Athletics Association.

A 70-year-old woman chased away a man trying to rob her today by telling him to go to hell, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said.

ELLENTON You might be used to road projects that take months, even years. How about three weeks? Pretty much never, but when thousands of motorists were thrown into a tailspin after an Interstate 75 tanker ...

While you were sleeping, two people were shot outside a house in the 4800 block of 21st Street West in Bradenton.

Southbound Interstate 75 lanes over U.S. 301 in Manatee County will open now that crews have fixed the charred sections from a tanker truck crash.

Four years ago, a 14-year-old girl who was staying at a motel here on a trip to Key West was abducted and driven off in a car, then raped while the attacker's shirt covered her face.

Southbound Interstate 75 lanes over U.S. 301 in Manatee County will open now that crews have fixed the charred sections from a tanker truck crash.

Published Monday, June 16, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Monday, June 16, 2008 at 4:38 a.m. As local governments fret over a season of budget slashing to everything from fire protection to library hours, the ...

Deputies in Manatee County say they've arrested a teacher at the Palmetto Youth Academy for child abuse.

Another 1,042 homeowners in Manatee County with subprime loans will end up in foreclosure.

A 25-year-old man is in fair but stable condition tonight after he fell 12 feet down an elevator shaft, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said.

One man was shot and another was robbed while they were walking home from a Bradenton bar early this morning, authorities said.

A bridge tender in Bradenton heard a loud bang this morning and discovered that someone had shot the window on the side of his shack, Manatee County deputies say.

A new deputy's starting salary in Manatee County is now just under $40,000. But that puts the county eighth out of 14 neighboring police departments.

A man who prosecutors say confessed to two bank robberies almost two years ago was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday.

Staff reports Originally published 01:49 p.m., June 12, 2008 Updated 01:49 p.m., June 12, 2008 The Florida High School Athletic Association's Board of Directors voted Thursday to appoint former Indian River ...

If you want avoid getting sick from salmonella, be choosey about your tomatoes, the Food and Drug Administration advises.

Bruce Humphrey didn't know the driver's name, but as he watched the tanker truck fall over the bridge and burst into flames on the road below, one thing quickly became clear: the man was a fighter.

A six-minute police chase through Palmetto ended just after 11 p.m. Monday with a car thief in custody, deputies said.

You probably didn't hear that Hurricane Hugo hit the Suncoast, killing 43 and injuring dozens more.

The southbound lanes of the interstate and northbound lanes of US 301 in that area remain closed this morning.

The Manatee County Chapter of the Red Cross provided disaster relief to the crews working in the aftermath of that tanker truck crash and explosion on I-75 in Ellenton.

Its mixed news when it comes to business following that tanker truck crash and destruction of I-75 in Manatee County.

Lockheed Martin Corp. plans to dismantle the buildings at a former weapons manufacturing plant in Manatee County that had been criticized for having a vast plume of groundwater pollution.

One day after a massive tanker crash in Ellenton, drivers are dealing with traffic tie-ups and a commute filled with detours.

That accident that closed I-75 near the Ellenton Outlet Mall in Manatee County, could affect your kids.

A fuel tanker plunged off an Interstate 75 overpass and exploded on the highway below Wednesday evening, closing both roads indefinitely.

Gunplay turned fatal Wednesday for a West Palm Beach man living in Bradenton while working a construction job.

A tanker truck overturned and exploded around 4 p.m. on Interstate 75 near Bradenton, closing down lanes in both directions during rush hour.

The Manatee County Sheriff's office says avoid I-75 and US 301 in Manatee County.

Phosphate giant Mosaic may have to spare more wetlands if it wants a permit for a 2,048-acre mine expansion in northeast Manatee.

The Downtown Development Authority today introduced a newly formed committee that will focus on using arts and culture to revitalize downtown Bradenton and Manatee County.

Migrant workers aren't flocking to Manatee County during peak seasons as they've done for decades - possibly the start of a national trend in the wake of beefed-up immigration enforcement, a sluggish economy ...

Published Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. Last updated Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 1 p.m. Heico Corp., the parent of Manatee County's Radiant Power Corp., said Wednesday that it expanded a credit line to ...