Manatee County

The policy lasts through Aug. 25, and will be considered again at a school board meeting next week.

Pinellas will continue to strongly recommend masks, but parents do not have to fill out forms if they choose to not wear one.

Among them: People with flu-like symptoms should stay home, simultaneous online instruction will no longer be offered, and quarantine policies are eased for those vaccinated.

A survey sent by the school district might influence whether fall classes are separated based on mask preference.

Following a four-month investigation, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office released a 113-page report that concluded that none of Vanessa Baugh’s actions rose to the level of a crime.

Two people died this week and a number of county employees contracted COVID-19.

After weeks of contentious meetings that included racially charged public comments, the board unanimously voted to end face mask requirements.

The vote won't affect the current school year, since it comes a day after students' last day of class, but would make masks optional at graduation and summer school.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether Commissioner Vanessa Baugh broke state law by putting herself and others on a VIP vaccine list in Lakewood Ranch.

There are political and medical reactions coming in regarding pop-up COVID-19 vaccine distribution sites and how they were chosen.