Spruce Creek and Atlantic captured their district flag football titles, giving them automatic berths into the FHSAA playoffs.

"Florida has the only area of extreme drought east of the Plains," with more than 40% of the state under drought conditions, ...

Manatee County officials are considering charging residents a new stormwater fee to reduce widespread flooding issues. The fee would add millions to the budget for cleaning canals and waterways and ...

On Tuesday, commissioners voted 5-1 to not add fluoride to the county's drinking water. They also said they will not repair the county's fluoridation system.

Manatee County commissioners will not repair drinking water fluoridation system, citing a cost of millions ahead of a likely statewide fluoride ban.

Manatee's DOGE committee will be made up of county staff, the clerk, and five citizens with backgrounds in finance.

The county commission's 5-1 vote comes after it learned its fluoridation system has been broken since 2021, and no fluoride ...

Nationwide debate leads to fluoride removal . The fluoride debate was stoked late last year by controversial new guidance from Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo recommendin ...