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Charlotte County, Florida – Authorities say a Florida woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her roommate to death and later driving the victim’s truck to another city following the incident. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded Sunday night to a home on Gewant Boulevard...

In the more than three years since Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch raised the issue of a debris recycling business endangering the health, safety and welfare of residents of Central Cocoanut, little has been done to mitigate the conditions there. Although within the Sarasota city limit, the city has little leverage...

There is a place tucked deep in the Florida wilderness where the moss hangs from the oaks, the river runs slow and wide, and the smell of smoked meat drifts through the warm air before you even find a parking spot. It sits off a bumpy gravel road, far enough from the highway that first-timers sometimes wonder if they...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA)— Seven people have been convicted of the 2023 fatal armed robbery in Bradenton. The last person arrested by the Bradenton Police Department was convicted on March 11. A Manatee County jury found Tyreak Allen, 23, guilty of first-degree murder and received life in prison. Allen was also found...

Tigers chuff in Sarasota, and you can hear it up close. Big Cat Habitat & Gulf Coast Sanctuary rescues majestic animals and invites you to meet them with respect. Expect heart thumps, happy tears, and stories you will tell for years. Here is how to make the most of this...

A Manatee County jury found a Lakewood Ranch mother guilty of manslaughter after prosecutors said she backed over and killed her 2-year-old son in the family’s driveway . After several hours of deliberation on Wednesday, jurors convicted Brittany Geiman, 33, in the March 2024 death of her son, Maverick, following a...

Dark clouds and thunder and lightning descended upon the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, but this certainly wasn't special effects planned for the Sarasota Paradise's debut as a professional soccer team. That debut, with a stadium full of fans who had come to celebrate with the team, was pushed...

March 11, 2026 – Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator is a common treatment that uses an implanted device to help weakened or failing hearts beat more efficiently. While this therapy helps some people with rhythm disorders, others may see little to no improvement. In search of additional treatment...

What Simone Knego called her first serious boyfriend, when she was 15 years old, turned out to be a horrific, three-year mentally and physically abusive relationship. It happened when she was in high school in the Gainesville area. She dated him through her first year of college. The abuse was a pattern and...

Manatee County Commissioners unanimously denied a housing project in Lakewood Ranch on Thursday to prevent setting a high-density precedent. The project included 232 multifamily units, and at least 58 of them would have been designated affordable housing. Commissioners’ main concern was the dramatic increase in...