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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Manatee County, Florida – Manatee County deputies are warning residents about online romance scams ahead of Valentine’s Day. According to a social media post from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office on...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - “The thought you are never going to see your mom again.”. Those words, spoken by Eldar Hreynert, the son of Olga Greinert, one of Tuesday’s victims of the shooting of four people in Sarasota, capture the raw grief of a family dealing with an unimaginable loss.

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 16, and trash collection schedules, in addition other government services, will be affected. In unincorporated Manatee County, waste and recycling collections for the week of Presidents Day will be postponed one day, from Tuesday through Saturday. On Monday, Feb. 23, regular collection...

Florida’s unconventional answer to the Winter Olympics is back. The third annual Florida Man Games will take place Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Freedom Factory in Bradenton, featuring a mix of wild stunts, quirky competitions, and over-the-top challenges.

VENICE — An overflow crowd turned out for Wednesday’s meeting of the Citizen Advisory Panel for the Venice Municipal Airport master plan update, filling Community Hall at City Hall and spilling out into the lobby.

Within a 15-minute presentation about Manatee County’s new garbage collection system, Director of Utilities Patrick Shea used one word that sums up the public’s response to the changes — consternation. Whether it’s once a week pickup, the size of the cans, or the elimination of bulk pickup,...

Three days after multiple people were found killed in Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale homes in related shootings, police in Florida have revealed that the suspect showed up to the Sarasota residence with two handguns, five knives and other weapons. Russell Kot, 51, is suspected of killing Larisa Blyudaya, 46, and Ben...

Florida officials are set to discuss Florida wildfire conditions at 1 p.m. Friday afternoon.

The School District of Manatee County wants community members to submit name ideas for a new high school in Lakewood Ranch. The school , temporarily named “High School AAA,” will be built at the intersection of Post Boulevard and Rangeland Parkway near the Premier Sports Campus. It’s expected to open to ninth and...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A search team spent 8 to 10 hours locating the wreckage of a twin-engine aircraft that crashed in western Haiti, a missionary involved in the search said. The aircraft disappeared from radar minutes after taking off from Jérémie headed to Les Cayes, according to FlightAware data....