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

A Manatee County judge denied bond for Ashley Benefield as the former professional ballerina appeals her manslaughter ...

Former Ballerina Ashley Benefield was denied release on bond pending her appeal. On Jan. 23, Benefield was in court after being sentenced to 20 years in prison in December ...

Manatee Judge Matt Whyte denied Ashley Benefield's bond based on insufficient community ties and a concern the former ...

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The biggest grant that Manatee County has ever received is caught up by a federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump on Monday that was swiftly blocked in federal court on Tuesday.

A federal grand jury indicted Jason Peterson, 29, on two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced.

A man was arrested after deputies said he knowingly sold a woman fentanyl at a Bradenton gas station, which led to her death.

Ashley Benefield was back in court this month, just a few months after a jury handed down the guilty verdict in December.

The bridge, which connects Pinellas and Manatee Counties, was rebuilt in 1987 following a deadly collapse.

According to the indictment, between June 2020 and May 2021, three men allegedly stole at least 91 high-end vehicles throughout Florida with the intent to sell them. “The value of the stolen vehicles ...

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