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BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - The Manatee County Seafood & Music Festival takes place March 14-15 at G.T. Bray Park. Local vendors serve fresh seafood, vegetarian dishes, side items, and desserts, all prepared on-site. Festivalgoers also explore authentic Floridian arts and crafts, with a marketplace featuring a variety...

Florida’s real estate dream has hit a wall. After years of pandemic-fueled price explosions that turned sleepy coastal towns into bidding-war battlegrounds, the market is now correcting in ways that are making even seasoned investors pause. Around 24 Florida housing markets may experience a drop in home prices by...

Selby Kirschner, an 11th grade student at Sarasota High School and member of the MaST Research Institute, was selected to attend the 2026 Sunshine State Scholars Conference hosted by the Florida Department of Education. She was one of only two students from Sarasota County chosen for the event.

TAMPA BAY, Florida – The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Weather Outlook for West Central Florida, indicating a low risk of isolated severe thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday, March 15-16, 2026. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are anticipated across the Florida Peninsula over...

RUSKIN, Florida - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in Ruskin. On March 15, 2026, at 1:19 a.m., the 911 Dispatch Center received a call about a shooting on the 5000 block of White Chicory Drive in Apollo Beach, according to a press release from the Hillsborough...

Days after an emaciated puppy was found abandoned on the side of the road, two more dogs were brought into the Humane Society of Tampa Bay, both in the same condition.

Christopher Howard PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A St. Petersburg man is facing felony charges after...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has filed criminal charges with the Sarasota County State Attorney's Office regarding a 2025 jetski crash that killed a man.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Southbound lanes of Tuttle Avenue at Fruitville Road in Sarasota were temporarily closed Saturday around 7:00 p.m. after a two-car crash, police said. Sarasota Police Department responded to the crash at the intersection, where two vehicles were involved. Police said there were minor injuries...

If there is one thing that the new head of the Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County wants to convey to thousands of working families in the area, it is this: additional state child care help is available for parents who step forward to ask for it. And that includes for children up to age 12 in after-school...