BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) –For most people, a job is just part of life. But for David Forward, it became a lifelong mission. Forward has spent 53 years working at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, serving ...

Results from high school sports played in Manatee and Sarasota counties including baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis.

A proposal to transfer the University of South Florida’s Sarasota campus to New College of Florida is drawing opposition from Congressman Vern Buchanan, who said the two institutions serve different ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens debuts new manatee habitat and critical-care facility on March 6. Here's what to ...

Results from high school sports played in Manatee and Sarasota counties including baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis.

Officials in Florida say an injured mother manatee and her calf have been rescued from a river and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.

More than 200 community members — some in suits, some with kids and some fresh from class — packed into a ballroom at USF Sarasota-Manatee’s Atala Hall on Wednesday evening. They had the same ...

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Postal Service are actively digging into a string of check-washing cases in Lakewood Ranch, as reported by WTSP. According to local coverage, banks ...

Restoration of the 74-mile river has been long pushed by environmentalists but opposed by those who enjoy or work on the reservoir created by a dam built in 1968.

A roundup of Manatee and Sarasota high school events for Feb. 23-28, 2026 including postseason basketball, soccer, wrestling ...

Vote for your favorite Girls Athlete of the Week nominee for Feb. 16-21, sponsored by Central Florida Behavioral Health Network ...

City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard an unusual chirping under a road on Feb. 9 while doing routine work, and thought it could be coming from rats. Instead, they discovered a 7-foot-long ...