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Bradenton police are investigating a threat of a school shooting at Sugg Middle School on Monday morning, the Bradenton Police Department said in a news release. Additional officers are on the campus Monday as the investigation continues, the department said. The threat originated from a text message that was circulating among students, according to police. The text message is “regarding a threat of a...

ST. PETERSBURG — Eighteen months after Hurricane Helene tore through the fishing pier at Jungle Prada de Narvaez Park, the structure still stands in Boca Ciega Bay — closed, deteriorating and untouched. Most of south Pinellas County has lagged. Fort De Soto's Bay Pier, damaged by the same...

William Kelley is a Sarasota-based painter and global thinker. His imagery explores questions of memory, identity and what the Romans called genius loci — the spirit of a place. He thinks big, and he paints big. A visit to Kelley’s downtown studio begins with wine and conversation. He’s not...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) — A body has been found in the search for the second missing doctoral student from the University of South Florida (USF). The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said searchers found human remains Sunday in the water near where the body of another USF student was found days earlier.

For months, Better Call Behnken has looked into complaints about the now-defunct Palmetto-based Mister Window company, accused by customers of collecting money and not completing work.

A long-running battle over a proposed subdivision next to Celery Fields has taken a new turn, with D.R. Horton walking away from arbitration and suing Sarasota County instead. The Arlington, Texas-based homebuilder had been in a resolution process with the county meant to avoid a lawsuit after its plans were rejected.

Mediation has concluded, minor modifications have been ordered and now the rejected plan for a condominium tower to replace a row of merchants on the 1200 block of North Palm Avenue is coming back before the Sarasota City Commission. The agenda for the commission’s next regular meeting on May 4...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Sarasota man has been sentenced to multiple life prison terms without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him in a 2024 shooting case, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Kevin Maurice Holloway was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, two counts of...

CareerEdge Funders Collaborative, the workforce initiative of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, recently announced that its 2025 efforts resulted in an economic impact of $3.85 million for the local economy. The 28th annual Thunder by the Bay Music & Motors Festival raised $310,000 to support local children, teens and...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A jury recently convicted a man who caused a fatal crash on New Year’s Eve 2019, court records show. Mark Barcia was found guilty of DUI manslaughter April 9. He is scheduled to be sentenced May 26. On Dec.31, 2019, around 6 p.m., police were...