A teacher aide at Florine J. Abel Elementary School was arrested in November 2023 and faces molestation charges, police say.

Manatees are a bit like the Sunshine State's transplants: they recently moved there, attracted by the warm weather and human ...

Historic accounts reveal manatee populations increased in the 1800s and 1900s alongside human populations. A new study ...

Manatee (10-1) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (10-3) on Friday, December 6th at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton. The winner advances to ...

A mother is suing the Manatee County School Board, alleging officials ignored a warning about a teacher aide accused of abusing her two children at a local elementary school. The lawsuit claims the ...

(Courtesy Fun 2 Dive) While manatees have no natural predators, they face threats from loss of habitat, boat collisions, cold stress and entanglements with fishing lines and litter. The past few ...