And while it probably wouldn't harm a manatee if you were somehow able to swim to it and give it a hug, do you dare touch one ...

Answering the biggest questions about the 2025 FHSAA high school football playoffs for teams in Sarasota and Manatee counties ...

Manatees are a common sight in Florida, but this city near Orlando is home to a state park where hundreds congregate during ...

Six orphaned manatees at the Columbus Zoo have reached release weight and will be flown to Florida this week to continue ...

Surrounded by friends, family and community members, Janet and Dean Mixon passed the key to Mixon Farms on to Manatee County.

State CFO Blaise Ingoglia said the county hired new employees at an "unprecedented" rate over the past five years.

After a successful trial run of a system that allows devices on emergency vehicles to control traffic signals while on ...

Beachgoers in Monmouth County found an unlikely friend near the Shark River inlet last weekend. A manatee was spotted swimming in a lagoon Saturday, thousands of miles away from its native habitat.

While fishing from his dock in Belmar, New Jersey, back on Saturday, Sept. 6, something big and brown caught Josh Vallario’s eye. “It was a seven, eight-foot manatee right here,” Vallario told NBC10.

Manatee County commissioners voted 6-1 to draft a curfew ordinance for minors, despite concerns about potential profiling. Commissioner Kruse opposed the ordinance citing concerns about racial ...

Here is how hospitals currently treating people in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties fared in the new national ...

Robin Glover from Manatee County won a $6.25 million jackpot in the Florida LOTTO after purchasing a ticket at Publix. She took a lump sum of over $3.5 million.