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

Ashley Benefield remains jailed during appeal of her manslaughter conviction for shooting her estranged husband in 2020.

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 ...

Best restaurants in Sarasota? Here are 10 essential spots to visit for exceptional food that didn’t make USA TODAY’s ...

Results from Southwest Florida high school contests played Feb. 7-15, 2025 in the Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Naples area.

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

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

As temperatures drop, Florida’s manatees face dangerous conditions with some developing cold stress, a potentially deadly ...

An explosion at a department store in Taiwan on Thursday killed one person and left 10 others hospitalized, fire authorities said. The blast occurred at the food court on the ...

The European Commission said on Wednesday it is taking France to the EU Court of Justice after the country ignored repeated warnings over failing to ban bird hunting with nets. It said France still ...

With so many holidays, awareness days, education weeks, and heritage months happening all year long, we’ve been slowly ...

It’s one that Sarasota audiences soon will have the pleasure of pondering. The character shows up in two operas — “The Barber ...