A small plane crashed in the Myakka City area on Wednesday. The plane was taking off from a private airport when it ...

A deputy in Manatee County was hurt after a suspected drunk driver crashed head-on into him.The crash that happened Sunday ...

The two were found in a six-mile stretch of canals, most likely due to above-average high tides in November and December.

The 2024-25 Sarasota-Manatee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Sarasota Ford, are part of the USA TODAY High School ...

Amid an environmental threat to manatees in Florida, a federal district judge ruled the state violated the Endangered Species ...

Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass ...

Some residents say developers and home builders have not done enough to reduce the dust blowing from their construction sites ...

The advocacy group Bear Warriors United said this ruling sets a new national precedent: “No state agency is above the ...

Orlando-based Judge Carlos Mendoza said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of ...

"These legacy pollutants caused the death of seagrasses — the manatee's natural forage — and the proliferation of harmful macroalgae. Legacy pollutants, as their name suggests, persist in the ...