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SARASOTA, Fla. - Mary Jane Miller joined the circus at just 18 years old with no formal training or family connections. Miller was from Michigan and on vacation in Sarasota when she made friends with a girl whose parents were clowns. "They had this big ladder. The girls had to...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A fire damaged a two-story home on 18th Street West Sunday afternoon, displacing several residents. The Bradenton Fire Department responded to the blaze, which charred the top half of the home. Firefighters were able extinguish the flames and there were no reported injuries. Battalion Chief...

MANATEE COUNTY — Public backlash seems to have only intensified after SSA Marine announced its intention to explore developing a private cruise port at the southern end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, near the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve at the mouth of Tampa Bay. Manatee County officials said last week that public...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A single brushfire burned 120 acres of land in a Sarasota County neighborhood on Saturday— one of many brushfires across the Suncoast. The fire occurred in Saddle Oak Estates, where scorched grass remains visible at the scene. Brandy Loebker, who lives down the street from...

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. – A collision involving a motor vehicle and a bicyclist resulted in a fatality on Siesta Key early Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred at approximately 1:22 p.m. at 514 Beach Road, near the entrance to Beach Access 9. Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Suncoast poodle is leading the America’s Favorite Pet contest, a national competition that could provide life-saving medical funding for the dog. The contest, organized annually by former New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg and actress Jenny McCarthy, offers $10,000 and a magazine...

VENICE — A major media company has plans for a former radio station site it owns, and it isn’t to revive the station.

A 74-year-old pedestrian died after a car hit him as he tried to cross U.S. 41 in Manatee County on Saturday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say the incident happened around 9:48 p.m. as the Bradenton man attempted to cross the lanes of U.S. 41/14th Street West near 51st Avenue Drive West. A...

A water shortage order with a once-a-week irrigation schedule has been issued to the city of St. Petersburg amid an ongoing drought.

There are man caves and then there are motorcycle man caves. Guy Hollis, who moved to Sarasota two years ago from Chicago, owns the latter—in fact, he has two motorcycle dens. The owner of multiple Culver’s restaurants in the Midwest, Hollis has loved the freedom of motorcycles since he was 10. Now he has a...