BRADENTON - A 69-year-old man was killed in a crash on Interstate 75 this morning after he lost control of his truck and it veered off the highway, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

June 29, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY — A 51-year-old man is behind bars on charges of molesting a teenage girl and threatening her with violence if she did not comply with his orders, authorities say. ...more

June 26, 2008

A serious wreck on Interstate 75 in Manatee County has shut down the northbound lanes as motorists take to the roads for the holiday weekend. ...more

May 23, 2008

A van struck a stationary motorcycle at U.S. 41 and 56th Avenue West in Bradenton at 9:10 p.m. Tuesday and fled, seriously injuring the biker, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

May 7, 2008

Manatee County sheriff's deputies are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Thursday behind the Rubonia Community Center at 1309 72nd St. E. in Palmetto. ...more

February 8, 2008

TAMPA - Kelly Alexander has curbed her road trips and Ruby Wilson has put off buying a new car. Both filled their gas tanks Monday under a BP sign that declared $3.09 as the price for one gallon of regular unleaded gas. Analysts say the upward creeping prices are only a small taste of things to come. Between February and May, analysts say, the cost of a gallon of regular unleaded could reach $3.75. ...more

January 7, 2008

It came as no surprise they got his death certificate wrong. George Kaylor, my step-dad, didn't die of bladder cancer. He didn't even have cancer. ...more

December 30, 2007

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is searching for the man who broke into a Palmetto home, pistol-whipped a 13-year-old girl and shot the girl's mother to death. ...more

November 19, 2007

PALMETTO - A man who shot himself in the leg then lied to police by telling officers that gang members had attacked him, authorities reported. ...more

November 5, 2007