A 28-year-old Manatee County woman faces charges of child neglect after her 2-year-old daughter was found wandering near an intersection around midnight Monday, according to a sheriff's report. ...more

June 2, 2009

Manatee County sheriff's deputies are investigating two armed robberies that occurred early this morning, one in Bradenton and one in Palmetto. In both incidents, the victims were injured. ...more

May 30, 2009

Federal officials are pursuing a 21st century marine transportation system, including "maritime highway" projects intended to lessen truck traffic with the use of more water cargo routes, participants said Wednesday at the 11th annual Harbor Safety Committee Conference. ...more

May 28, 2009

Federal officials are pursuing a 21st century marine transportation system, including "maritime highway" projects intended to lessen truck traffic with the use of more water cargo routes, participants said today at the 11th annual Harbor Safety Committee Conference. ...more

May 27, 2009

A Manatee County man is hospitalized after being mauled by dogs. ...more

May 25, 2009

A Manatee County sheriff's deputy was injured after being struck in in her patrol car by a driver who ran a red light at the intersection of State Road 70 and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard Thursday night, according to a Sheriff's report. ...more

May 22, 2009

Lowry Park Zoo staff welcomed a baby manatee into the world this week, although the delivery complicates the staff's goal of nursing the baby's injured mother back to health. ...more

May 21, 2009

BRADENTON - A good Samaritan chased and caught a man who had snatched a woman's purse as she was walking to her car in a Wal-Mart parking lot last night, then held the robber down until deputies arrived to arrest him. ...more

May 16, 2009

Manatee Sheriff's deputies say a Tampa man threw fishing weights and other objects at a boat off the South Skyway fishing pier Thursday. ...more

May 8, 2009

A Pahokee man who used stolen front-end loaders to dislodge ATMs at 11 banks in nine counties, including Polk and Manatee, is in the Leon County Jail, authorities said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Nasedra Lumpkin, 33, after a 15-month investigation into the string of ATM thefts the agency said netted more than $1 million and caused $575,000 damage to the banks. ...more

May 7, 2009