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Sarasota Bradenton International Airport continues to grow, not just with passengers, but also with aviation-related businesses, created a demand for mechanics and technicians and a new training program for students right out of high school will help meet that demand. FOX 13’s Kimberly Kuizon reports.

Setting a completion date set for May, 2028, the organization that runs Sarasota County’s Nathan Benderson Park this week released a request for proposals to build a new boathouse and events center at the park. Long proposed as the next development step at the park, the project is expected...

Drop boxes available all year at agency’s Sarasota headquarters and South County office. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is set to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Prescription Drug Take Back Campaign on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the agency has announced.

FLORIDA — At least one person was injured in a major multi-vehicle crash Friday morning on Toledo Blade Boulevard in North Port, according to traffic officials. Live cameras from the Florida Department of Transportation show several vehicles involved, including a semi-truck with a flatbed that came to rest across the northbound lanes. As a result of the […] The post One person injured following...

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - A home invasion robbery with drug overtones resulted in the shooting of two men late Thursday night, leaving one dead and another hospitalized. Officers responded to a duplex at 863 14th Avenue South shortly before midnight, according to a press release from the St. Petersburg Police Department. Investigators determined that the incident involved a home invasion with drug-related motives. One...

Ramirez’s attorneys point to First Amendment rights. A Bradenton law firm that represents Siesta Key business and property owner Michael Holderness has threatened legal action against another Siesta resident, Lourdes Ramirez, if she persists in making public remarks about the value of vacant beach lots that Holderness is seeking to transfer to Sarasota County, The Sarasota News Leader has learned.

Office of County Attorney cautions County Commission about accepting one of four parcels Holderness was to transfer to county in exchange for 162 Beach Road property. The April 14 publication of the agenda for the April 21 Sarasota County Commission meeting appears to have solved a riddle, in a manner of speaking, about the removal of an item from the March 24 board agenda...

The high school under construction in Lakewood Ranch, located at Rangeland Parkway and Post Boulevard, is getting closer to losing its generic, placeholder of a name. Thus far, it has been referred to as AAA High School, and it is set to open in August 2027 to freshmen and sophomores.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - A major crash has injured at least one person on Toledo Blade Blvd Friday morning. Live FDOT cameras show multiple vehicles involved, one of those vehicles a semi with flatbed, is across the northbound lanes of Toledo Blade Blvd. Northbound Toledo Blade is closed at...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Northport will continue its burn ban despite Sarasota County lifting restrictions two days ago. Municipalities can maintain their own burn bans and water restrictions independent of county decisions, as long as local rules do not relax below county regulations. Northport officials deemed the continued ban necessary due to drier conditions and a higher number of fires in the area.