Kid Dutch and fellow jazz artists brought the smooth sounds of the classic New Orleans music scene to Longboat Key.

How old was Barbara Roufs? Barbara was born in 1944, in California, in the United States of America. Sadly, she succumbed aged 47 years. She had a height of 5 feet 5 inches tall. Barbara was the queen ...

FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed keeping manatees under a threatened species classification, which has sparked controversy as environmentalists argue they ...

Two communities in Sarasota and Manatee counties have been recognized among the "hottest" ZIP codes in the country for home sales, according national online real estate company Opendoor.

It is likely that manatees evolved from an ancestor they share with the elephant. The three species of manatee (West Indian, West African and Amazonian) and one species of dugong belong to the Sirenia ...

A pregnant Santa Barbara woman plummeted to her death while hiking in Greece over the holidays. Clara Thomann, 33, fell about 164 feet down a gorge on the Greek island of Crete on Dec. 23 ...

An unusual search is underway in Lake Pontchartrain. The Audubon Aquarium is searching for a manatee that has been spotted a handful of times around the Mandeville shoreline in recent days.

The two Heavy Rescue vehicles will respond to high-risk emergency special operations. As TFR Chief Barbara Tripp announced the new additions, one was already in action, responding to a fatal car ...

Has three sons, Theo, Josh and Billy. Theo was so named (it means "gift of God") because she thought she would be unable to have children after suffering a miscarriage.

Manatee hunting is now outlawed and the dish has vanished from menus. A blue statue of a manatee has even been erected in their honor. But threats remain. Takoukam Kamla, standing on the shores of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California was the only lawmaker to vote against authorizing the use of ...

Sarasota County Tax Collector Barbara Ford-Coates is the longest-serving elected official in Sarasota County history. She was appointed to the position in spring 1984, won her first election that ...