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Nikki Cohen began her studies at New College in 1987. Originally from Philadelphia, she remembers being struck by the beauty of all the giant live oaks with hanging moss along the seaside campus. "In that Southern Gothic kind of way, it was magic," she said. In 1988, Cohen took part...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A plea hearing is scheduled this afternoon for a woman police say was the getaway driver in a 2017 double murder at a local beach hotel. Court records show a plea hearing scheduled for LaToya Hanna at 2 p.m. in a Manatee County courtroom. She faces second-degree murder charges in...

BRADENTON — In what can only be described as a marathon BOCC land use meeting, commissioners on Wednesday heard two linked development proposals that included a shared design agreement. Despite the applicants’ plan to share traffic access and amenities, commissioners ultimately denied one request and granted a...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY – A Bradenton man was in the St. Lucie County Jail as of Jan. 29 charged with DUI and indecent exposure after he was found allegedly engaging in self-gratifying behavior, according to St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office reports. Kevin Michael Curtin, 38, of Bradenton was...

A missing Bradenton man was hospitalized Wednesday evening after being hit by a vehicle on an Interstate 75 exit ramp in Hillsborough County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say a 70-year-old Michigan man was traveling in an SUV on the southbound exit ramp from I-75 to State Road...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Brennan Wakey’s half-sister testified Thursday that he confessed to shooting his boyfriend at a 2022 family funeral, telling jurors he said he “popped him in the face.”. Natassia Wakey took the witness stand on day three of the murder trial at Sarasota County Courthouse....

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. – A months-long investigation into illegal gambling in Sarasota County came to a head on Wednesday. Deputies raided a business in Venice, seizing dozens of slot machines and arresting a 28-year-old woman. The bust happened at the “41 Social Club” on South Tamiami Trail. According to...

Deputies say they received multiple calls from people who saw the man who was charged with indecent exposure.

ST. PETE, Fla. — The city of St. Pete is helping construct a plan to transform the four-block area under I-275 near the heart of downtown. The area, dubbed Trails Crossing, spans from 1st Avenue North to 3rd Avenue South. The stretch of I-275 has historically divided a number of growing neighborhoods like the Edge...