Commissioner Amanda Ballard says it costs the county $1.23 per resident each year for fluoridation, or more than $500,000 ...

Wildlife officials urge boaters to slow down as manatees leave winter habitats, with patrols enforcing speed limits to ...

In WPTV's five-county viewing area, agriculture accounts for $2 billion in market value, according to the U.S. Department of ...

In a recent filing with the Florida Public Service Commission, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) reported 2024 as the best ...

Last month state regulators approved a proposal by Duke Energy to recover from customers more than a billion dollars for the cost to restore power when three hurricanes hit Florida in 2024.

FPL celebrates 100 years in the community, one truth remains clear: the strongest communities are those where people come ...

Cow” because real estate speculators can easily place cows on their land and qualify for agricultural tax breaks.

Construction dust is a problem for residents in other parts of Manatee County, too. On Tuesday, county officials halted construction at the new SeaFlower community “because there was not sufficient ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Two people have been taken to the hospital after a small plane clipped a power line before crashing into a parked vehicle Tuesday morning at Airport Manatee. Details are limited ...

The plane is an Aeronca Champion registered to an individual in Palmetto. 70-year-old John Sikirica, the pilot, was found in ...

Two elderly men were injured on Tuesday after a small airplane crashed into a pickup truck at the Airport Manatee in Palmetto, Florida.