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After weeks of silence that left some nonprofit leaders wondering whether the issue had faded, Manatee County commissioners are set to revisit a controversial proposal requiring nonprofits receiving county funding to verify the legal status of the people they serve. The proposal, which appears on the commission’s...

If you're still writing checks and sending them in Manatee County, the sheriff’s office suggests keeping an eye on your bank account. FOX 13's Kimberly Kuizon reports.

A new sculpture called The Singing River has been installed at Manatee Mineral Springs Park along Bradenton’s Riverwalk. The art installation uses laser-cut tubes that produce soft whistling sounds when the breeze blows through them. FULL STORY: Bradenton Riverwalk adds new sculpture along Manatee River. It sings in...

Tractor-Trailer (File) SARASOTA, Fla. – A Sarasota-based truck driver who spent months smuggling Florida-bought handguns...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A scuba diver was dragged by a boat last Saturday near Venice Beach after the vessel became entangled with her dive flag buoy. Stephanie Holtey was searching for shark teeth when the incident occurred. Video shows her on the surface waving directly after the incident. Holtey...

A restaurant that has been in Bradenton for more than two years is expanding to Sarasota County. The owners of Five Nine Grill & Tavern at 5718 Cortez Road W. plan to open an Osprey location in the coming months. The new eatery will be located in Blackburn Point Plaza, where Indian restaurant Bay Leaf used to be, at...

VENICE, Fla. (WSVN)– A scuba diver had a close call off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Stephanie Holtey dives weekly and documents her underwater adventures on social media. “It is so peaceful and calm. Scuba diving is like a whole world you didn’t even know existed,” she said.

Ludwin Borgen (HCSO) A federal jury in Tampa has delivered a guilty verdict against 49-year-old...

If you’re a big Neil Diamond fan, perhaps you took in last year’s film Song Sung Blue, about a couple in a Neil Diamond tribute band, as the next best thing to seeing the now retired real singer-songwriter himself. Now you have a chance to learn all about Diamond in the touring production of A Beautiful Noise: The...

In the mid-’70s, Alvis Hunt wanted out of coal country. With his mind set on Florida, he persuaded his family to relocate from a middle-of-nowhere burg in western Virginia to sunny Sarasota. The migration included his daughter Aledia, and her husband, Lee Tush, both in their early 20s. Alvis had been a serial...