Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities say a former Manatee deputy spent decades in Alaska under his dead stepbrother’s identity after disappearing.

A former Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy was sentenced last week to 13 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested a teacher on a child abuse charge after she told one student to slap another. Judith Clark, 64, taught sixth grade at Lee Middle School, the ...

Ex-Manatee County deputy gets 13 years for sexually abusing underage girl in the 1970s after living in Alaska for decades.

A Manatee County man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing three female family members, the State Attorney's Office announced. Sterick Jerome Nixon was convicted by a jury of lewd ...

Rip currents are a significant danger in Southwest Florida, leading to multiple drownings and rescues. Officials advise swimmers caught in a rip current not to fight it, but to float until it subsides ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 21-year-old corrections officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested in Manatee County on an attempted sexual battery charge. According to JSO, the Manatee County ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A Bradenton patrol officer has been arrested and fired over a domestic violence incident that happened early Wednesday morning, the Bradenton Police Department said. Quinlyn ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – One man is behind bars, and a woman is dead after the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said the suspect called 911, telling dispatchers that he stabbed his wife. The ...