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Warning: The following story contains graphic details concerning the Bradenton shooting. BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — The man who shot up a Bradenton medical lab on Jan. 15 had been thinking about committing his ex-girlfriend’s murder for years, according to an affidavit. The document, which was dated on that same day,...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay area witnessed an unlikely event over the weekend, when multiple parts of the region saw snow flurries and ice. Flurries were spotted by 10 Tampa Bay News viewers in Largo, Ruskin, Sarasota, Sebring and Tampa as temperatures dropped into the 20s and 30s overnight Saturday.

Scott Dolan is expanding his Siesta Key restaurant while opening a new market in Bee Ridge. Scott Dolan is a self-described foodie. He has traveled across the globe in search of the best food: Canada, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Ireland, Italy, Seattle, Boston and New Orleans. But after operating a successful deli, butcher...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - City commissioners approved a new contract for maintenance and restoration work at three historic cemeteries during their Feb. 2 meeting. The agreement passed automatically during the consent portion of the agenda and covers routine landscape and gravesite maintenance at Galilee Cemetery,...

Elizaveta Makarenko, a 2025 graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, has been nominated for the Television Academy Foundation’s 45th annual College Television Awards . Makarenko was nominated in the Animation Series category for "Beautify," a project about image and self-acceptance that she wrote, produced and...

St. Petersburg bakery The Crumb Factory has opened a second location in Dunedin at 1689 Main St., in the former Southern Bay Bakery. When the space became available in early 2025, a regular customer and realtor reached out to Pablo and Katie Mardones, owners of The Crumb Factory, to see if they were interested in the...

Manatee County commissioners recently authorized the protection of more than 1,500 acres of agricultural land from development. The properties include 1,045 acres at Thundercloud Ranch and 483 acres at Mossy Island Ranch. Through a partnership with the state, Manatee County will contribute up to $2 million toward...

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - Investigators have released a rendering of a man they believe was murdered nearly three decades ago, using new DNA technology to potentially identify remains found in 1996. Human remains were discovered in Northport in 1996, but investigators were never able to identify the victim. After...

A portion of I-75 has been shut down after brush fires broke out in Sarasota County.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg detectives just tracked a man all the way to Illinois to put handcuffs on him, and now they’re worried he might have left a trail of victims across the Tampa Bay area. It all started back in late November when a local...