A new student-run matchmaking platform, Date Drop, released its first round of pairs on Tuesday, Oct. 7, delivering the promise of love to the nearly 2,500 undergraduates who participated. The ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Manatee County authorities are investigating a shooting and apparent home invasion that occurred in the River Club community Thursday night. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s ...

BRADENTON, FL — Target has set the opening date for its newest Manatee County store, the Bradenton Herald reported. The national retailer will open its location at 725 Lighthouse Drive in Bradenton in ...

HOPEWELL, Va. — A Virginia woman says she experienced a once-in-a-lifetime encounter Saturday when she spotted a manatee swimming the Appomattox River near the Hopewell marina. Dawnn Thornton told CBS ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Manatee County commissioners recently approved an investment of $24 million into the county’s parks. Recently, mornings have been really busy for crews working at Manatee County ...

Four years ago, Florida saw a record number of manatee deaths. A record 1,100 of them died in 2021, and two years ago, wildlife officials began hand-feeding manatees lettuce to stave off starvation ...

DreamWorks Animation is heading back to Far, Far Away with Shrek 5 next summer, but that’s not the company’s only planned return to its flagship franchise. Donkey, the franchise’s first ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Tucked along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Crystal River is the kind of place that sounds ordinary until the moment you’re underwater, face-to-face with a creature the size of a sofa, and completely at peace.