A 14-year-old student at Lincoln Memorial Academy, in Palmetto, helped to raise a piglet as part of the National FFA Organization. Bucky the pig is scheduled for auction at this year’s Manatee County Fair.
Anna Maria Island was named one of the best Under-the-Radar Florida beach towns to visit this winter in a recent Fodors ranking. And we’re here explain why west coast is the best coast of Florida.
Manatee County School District’s new computer software system has been riddled with delays and its price tag has more doubled since school board awarded first contracts. It is still not working perfectly.
The controversial topic of a Citizens Growth Oversight Committee run by the public came back in front of Manatee commissioners Tuesday, but the idea still needs work, they argued.
Officials at HOPE Family Services, which runs a domestic violence shelter in Manatee County, say they have enough reserve funds to operate for up to four months without federal reimbursements.
Cynthia Saunders, interim Superintendent for the School District of Manatee County, increased the pay of 13 top-level administrators for various reasons between July and September, shortly after becoming superintendent.
Authorities say an elderly woman and her adult son whose bodies were found inside their southeastern Michigan home over the weekend may have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Juneau officials say there are no plans to resume fluoridating the drinking water in Alaska's capital after the city stopped the practice more than a decade ago.
Lawyers say a U.S.-born Marine veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder was held for three days for possible deportation after pleading guilty to a disturbance at a western Michigan hospital.
The state of Nebraska and its Health and Human Services Department have been dismissed from a lawsuit that alleged the state violated rules and regulations in diagnosing and treating mentally ill patients.
Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler's past lobbying work for coal companies and other industries regulated by the agency is expected to draw scrutiny Wednesday when a Senate committee considers his nomination to the post full time.
