Heather Felton and Charlie Kennedy appear to be the winners in their respective races for the Manatee County School Board ...

Republicans earned commanding election night victories for four seats on the Manatee County Commission. Results published by the Manatee County Supervisor of Election's office show that Republicans ...

Lachina Cropes was arrested for allegedly pepper-spraying foster parents and abducting her biological sons in Florida.

A mother was arrested in Georgia after the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said she interfered with the custody of her two ...

A Manatee County woman has gone missing with her two young children, Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Lachina ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s office says 40-year-old Lachina Cropes was arrested for kidnapping her biological children from ...

The Sheriff's Office is searching for two missing boys who investigators say were last seen with their mother, who does not have custody.

A mother and her two sons are being sought after she took them without permission in Manatee County on Sunday, the sheriff's ...

Forty-year-old Lachina Cropes does not have custodial rights to 10-year-old Isaiah Israel and eight-year-old David Israel, ...

Diesel, a Manatee County Sheriff K9, has passed away while off duty. Diesel was an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois. As a ...