Court records show on April 16 the State Attorney's Office decided to not prosecute Scott Hopes with notary fraud and added ...

Demitrius Tyrone Bell, 51, received a mandatory life sentence in the Florida Department of Corrections after a jury convicted him in March of attempted first-degree murder, armed kidnapping, ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Former Manatee County Administrator Scoot Hopes is now facing more charges, ranging from grand theft to misusing public records, the state attorney’s office said.

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of ...

A Manatee County man recently scored the top prize on a Florida Lottery scratch-off game, the agency said in a news release. Ramon Torres, 69, of Bradenton, got lucky on the “Double Your Money” ...

Demitrius Tyrone Bell, 51, was convicted by a jury in March in connection with a June 2023 shooting and armed kidnapping at the Tropicana Bradenton plant.

Mote's monitoring program has shown rising nest numbers in recent years, including nearly 4,400 in 2024 from Longboat Key to ...

A clowder of seaworthy cats are ready to find new homes. Manatee County Animal Welfare and the Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit ...

A museum collection from an old Cortez schoolhouse soon could be popping up in a strip mall in Bradenton. The Florida ...

Wills, a Democratic operative and ex-Republican who left the party during Trump’s 2016 political rise, said the ...

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