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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee County Utilities launched a new Bulk Collection Pilot Program on May 1 for residential solid waste customers in unincorporated Manatee County. Under the pilot program, residents can place up to two bulk items at the curb once a month on a scheduled collection day...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The worst of the storms for Sarasota and Bradenton is expected Saturday evening. The area will be mostly dry but windy, hot and humid through about 4 p.m. Between 5 and 7 p.m., storms will start to move in from the north and west. The peak...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A two-year-old dog named Calypso is this week’s Pet of the Week, featured on ABC7 with Marsha Panuce, founder of Donte’s Den and host of Animal Outtakes. Calypso has distinctive features including mismatched ears, one up and one down, and a heart-shaped pigmentation on...

A new sports bar and neighborhood pub quietly opened its doors in south St. Pete last week. Jackson’s, a new 3,840 square-feet restaurant, recently made its debut at 1700 34th Street South, just south of Gibbs High School and across from the newly opened Yo-Mama Fried Chicken. It’s the...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - I-75 evening rush drivers are stuck in crawling traffic for nearly 4 miles. A major crash is blocking 2 lanes southbound, just past University Parkway. While emergency response officials were caring for an injured individual, all lanes were temporarily closed - creating what is now...

Authorities on Thursday, April 30, arrested a St. Petersburg mother and charged her with aggravated child manslaughter in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son, who was struck and killed by a pickup truck last October, officials said. The arrest follows an investigation into the toddler’s death on 49th Avenue North near 80th Street North. Neighbors and witnesses told investigators the...

A night out at a Sarasota bar has ended with a man dead and two people under arrest, after Florida troopers tied them to a fatal hit-and-run on U.S. 41 earlier this month. The crash happened on April 12 near the Seminole Drive intersection in Sarasota County, when a pedestrian was struck while crossing the highway. He was taken to a hospital...

A California man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a Manatee County jury convicted him last Wednesday of fentanyl trafficking and conspiracy, according to court records. Circuit Judge Frederick Mercurio also ordered more than $1.05 million in fines and court costs. Prosecutors say the case grew out of a months-long undercover operation that traced pills and powder back to brokers...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - First Alert Weather Day: Saturday evening on the Suncoast. A First Alert Weather Day has been issued for the Suncoast as a line of showers and thunderstorms moves in Saturday evening into the night. This system will bring much-needed rain to a drought-stricken region, but also...

The 87-page indictment from January 2021 to April 2026 was unsealed revealing James “Jimmy the Greek” Gerodemos as the alleged mastermind on the Northwest Indiana operation run primarily out of two restaurants. Chris L. Gerodemos of Sarasota, Florida among those charged. Another defendant lived as far away as...