Mannix About Manatee: 'Range Deputies' Help Break Big Case
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By Vin Mannix, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 3--IRange deputies. That's what Sheriff Charlie Wells calls Sgt. Bill Riley and Deputies Tim Eason, Michael Ference and Rob Hendrickson.   Agricultural Crime Unit doesn't do them justice.   Especially today.
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By AP Wire Service  MEMPHIS, Tenn.  -- A manatee that traveled 720 miles up the Mississippi River and eluded his would-be rescuers was found dead Monday on the banks of a lake, police said.    Police spokesman Sgt.
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By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 14--EAST MANATEE -- Manatee County staffers, posing as members of the public, tested public access at community development districts across the county and were improperly denied access to at least two communities, county officials said.
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DODGEVILLE, Wis. - Iowa County sheriff's deputies have searched in the past for the occasional wandering emu or bobcat - but never a kangaroo, until now.
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By Jessica Klipa, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 27--MANATEE -- With June rain levels well below normal, much-needed rain is expected this week, bringing relief, but not an end to parched conditions caused by the lingering drought.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 24--GULFPORT -- U.S. marshals will take former Harrison County Deputy Ryan Teel to federal court March 6 for a bond hearing.   The federal court docket on Friday showed U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge John M.
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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies think they have found a solution for getting rid of drug dealers and prostitutes who congregate under a giant oak tree: chop it down...
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By Duane Marsteller, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 6--MANATEE -- 3   DUANE MARSTELLER   Herald Staff Writer   County commissioners and developers began smoothing out their differences over roads Tuesday, but some bumps could still lie ahead.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 26--BRADENTON -- The eminent domain trial where the city of Palmetto is seeking to take back the Olympia Theater has begun at the Manatee County Courthouse.   The city sold the historic building at 512 10th Ave. W.
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Police said today they had a confirmed sighting of a suspect wanted in the death of a pregnant Marine. Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean was alone when he was spotted by a witness Saturday night, two or three states away from North Carolina, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown told reporters.
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By Sylvia Lim, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 16--MANATEE -- County officials Friday were pointed in their response to a court order asking the county to back up its hearing officer's rejection of the proposed Manatee Technical Institute campus on Caruso Road.
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Police say they're sure they shot a four-foot-long, 80-pound monitor lizard that had been lurking in an Orlando suburb for months. Still, neighbors aren't ready to let their children or pets back outside until they see a carcass.
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By Stacey Eidson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 30--MANATEE -- A proposal to ask state legislators to require emissions testing as part of a vehicle's annual license renewal has sparked interest, but might not get off the ground this year.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- One Broward County sheriff&#39;s deputy was killed and another wounded Thursday when a child porn suspect opened fire with a high-powered weapon as they served a search warrant, officials said.
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KALISPELL, Mont. - Deputies were taken aback during a chase involving a suspected burglar. He signaled his upcoming turns, Flathead County Sheriff's Sgt. Ernie Freebury said Tuesday.
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RENO, Nev. - It's not all checking hunting and fishing licenses. Sometimes the issues are bigger. Like when a Nevada game warden was handed the chore of figuring out how to separate two bull elk who locked horns while sparring and couldn't untangle them.  The saga began Nov.
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 10--MANATEE -- You'll have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat Byron Shinn and his 20-foot ski boat to the water on Saturdays. He knows parking spots at the ramp at 59th Street/Warner's Bayou fill up fast.