Ashley Benefield's legal team claimed self-defense in the shooting of her husband, but an investigation found a different motive.

Preview capsules and predictions for high school football games being played by Sarasota and Manatee County teams on Tuesday ...

On the back of three touchdown runs by Gideon Douglas, covering 78, 3, and 80 yards, Jupiter held on for a 29-26 victory which put the 9-3 Eagles into the 5A title game. Douglas finished with 210 ...

Unfortunately for the Thunder, defending champions in Class 4A, the Eagles grabbed the last one. On the back of three touchdown runs by Gideon Douglas, covering 78, 3, and 80 yards, Jupiter held on ...

BOOKER: The district-champion Tornadoes last week won their third game in a row, a 83-8 pasting of DeSoto County ... backfield mate Gideon Douglas has a team-high 10 TDs. Defensively, the Eagles ...

"Based on entry wounds on Douglas it does not appear that he was facing Ashley when she began shooting," the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said in an affidavit received by The New York Post.

Ashley Benefield, convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her husband, will be sentenced on December 3.

Surrounded by family, friends and county staff, Carol Ann Felts, Tal Siddique, Bob McCann and returning Commissioner George ...

The manatee, which weighs 855 pounds and measures almost 9 feet, was suffering from cold stress due to water temperatures dropping below 68 degrees and had a watercraft-related injury to its right ...

One of the oldest structures left standing in Manatee County has been listed for sale for $2.2 million. The 4,000-square-foot ...

Carol Felts is the new District 1 commissioner, representing Myakka City and Parrish. Tal Siddique is the new District 3 ...