A Manatee County judge issued his ruling two weeks after Benefield appeared in court fighting for her release.

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan introduced bills to address human trafficking, including a new school training program and a ban on childlike sex dolls.

At the Feb. 4 Manatee County Commission meeting, commissioners unanimously approved turning the cameras off in the middle of ...

Michel Serrano, aka "Cubano," is charged with conspiracy to defraud and transportation of stolen vehicles across state lines. He faces 10 years.

Hi Hat Ranch, Sarasota County’s largest development project, would allow developers to build a road across 24 acres of county ...

A California teen who threatened a mass shooting in May 2023 at a Sanford mosque was sentenced Tuesday in an Orlando courtroom to four years in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

State leaders are seeking greater cooperation between local law enforcement and immigration agencies, but immigrant advocates ...

Several deputies responded to a Montgomery County neighborhood early Tuesday morning. Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies ...

Recent news articles and broadcasts have claimed that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida's west ...

A statue of a young F. Scott Fitzgerald, once outside the St. Paul building where he attended school and published some of ...

Stetson University has announced that D1 Baseball has projected that the Hatters are slated to win the ASUN Conference as ...