Another place to learn important New Smyrna history is the Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum, a free museum housed in an ...

Prosecutors said the former instructor met the 14-year-old student while teaching at Ancient Ways Martial Arts Academy in ...

Good luck to Kathy Price, who succeeds Mary Glass as executive director of the Manatee Education Foundation. Price takes on the role after 20 years with the Manatee School District, most of them in a ...

The Downtown Bradenton Public Market (formerly the Bradenton Farmers Market) returns to Old Main Street October through May with a bounty of food, arts, shopping and fun to enjoy. Bradenton Herald ...

Armored catfish are driving manatees out of their warm-water refuges, putting their health at risk. Here’s why it’s happening—and what scientists are doing to help. An invasive armored catfish grazes ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla (WFLA) — A Manatee County mother of three wants someone held accountable. Hailey Van Dam had an above-the-knee amputation, which she believes could have been prevented. She claimed ...

Longtime Lakewood Ranch resident Mary Glass has worked with and for students for the 18 years but doesn’t normally realize the sort of impact she has made until she sits down and reflects on it. When ...

Manatee deaths in 2025 are on track to be higher than in the previous two years, with 525 recorded as of late August. An increase in perinatal deaths is a major factor, though it also suggests more ...

The new Mote Science Education Aquarium (SEA) will open to the public on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025—a $130 million undertaking that represents both the largest expansion in Mote Marine Laboratory’s ...

Professors from both schools expressed concerns after New College president Richard Corcoran revived discussion of a USF Sarasota-Manatee takeover. ORACLE PHOTO/DELANEY TORRES New College of Florida ...