Manatee County Sheriff's Office

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.

County commissioners say their new "Declaration of Racism as a Public Health Crisis" is the first step in acknowledging and addressing racial disparity.

The mother of a girl found dead in a freezer was accused of beating her five children for years in a home that at times was filled with rats and roaches,…