Ellenton News

Manatee County Utilities Waste Water Division will be smoke testing the lines on 45th Avenue East from U.S. 301 south to Ninth Street East in Ellenton on Thursday.

When the Colony Cove North Association disbanded, members began looking for charitable organizations that could make good use of the contents of its treasury.

A problem with a shipment of Marathon gasoline from a tanker headed to the Port of Tampa has left several gas stations in Southwest Florida without gas for the last couple of days.

Many of the county's best and brightest employees are leaving government to take higher-paying private sector jobs, since they have not gotten raises over four years' time, County Administrator Ed Hunzeker said Tuesday.

In almost every area in Florida, relics of Native American culture have been discovered.