A former Florida ballerina has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following her manslaughter conviction for fatally ...

The sentencing came about four months after a six-person jury found Ashley Benefield, 32, guilty of manslaughter. Benefield ...

Manatee County officials are developing new plans to get more people off the streets and into homeless shelters in response ...

A former ballerina was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for killing her husband, which she said she did in self-defense.

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

In addition to expanding the Florida manatee’s critical habitat to 1,904,191 acres, up from the current 965,394 acres, the ...

A manatee has been successfully rescued from a Tar River canal in Greenville. It is the first documented case of a manatee ...

Manatees are such a part of Florida’s environment it’s easy to think they’ve always been here. But have they? That’s what USF ...

Recent research suggests that manatees might not be native to Florida, potentially having settled there only after European ...

Manatee County townhouses and condos saw a decrease in closed sales and a drop in the median sales price. There were 162 ...