Authorities say a former Manatee deputy spent decades in Alaska under his dead stepbrother’s identity after disappearing.

The latest DUI saturation patrol in Manatee County led to arrests, citations and warnings. Here’s what deputies reported.

As crowds looked on from a line waiting outside the Good Night John Boy nightclub in downtown St. Petersburg, bouncers of the bar had a man with a bloody face pinned to the concrete. The man had tried ...

Ex-Manatee County deputy gets 13 years for sexually abusing underage girl in the 1970s after living in Alaska for decades.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — An up close reminder why Manatee County has its name -- the sheriff's office's SWAT team got a surprise visit from one of the county's namesake sea cows today. In a tweet, the ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is rolling out new lifesaving equipment. The agency has 500 new automated external defibrillators or AEDs that will soon be in patrol ...