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

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 ...

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 ...

Acclaimed classic “ The Handmaid’s Tale ” is one of the most-removed books in Florida schools.

"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.

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

There are new warnings about red tide in areas of Manatee County that were hardest hit by Hurricane Milton. Officials said ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla — Manatee County is alerting residents to King Tide expected for the next five days. Manatee County Emergency Management said that King Tide is expected between Nov. 15 to 20.