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Unless you walk everywhere, you’d have to be blind not to see that rising gas prices make you feel like you’re taking out a mortgage. If you’re trying to go and see loved ones out of state, you’ve no doubt discovered that quick domestic flights somehow add up to the cost of an international getaway.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Fun, Smart, Talk. Our take on what’s making headlines on the Suncoast. Today, one of our Hot Topics included a discussion about Manatee County just launched a $3 million, one-year pilot program to bring back limited bulk trash pickup, after residents complained when the county switched to automated ‘big bin’ collection last October.

BRADENTON, Fla. - A shooting inside a Manatee County arcade early Monday morning sent one customer to the hospital and sparked a manhunt for the suspect. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, an unknown masked man entered Mega Arcade, located at 7321 U.S. 41 South, shortly after 5:45 a.m. on Monday and demanded cash from the customers inside.

PALMETTO, Fla. — Herb Donica said he believes what happened at Piney Point in 2021 was not okay and considers it a stain on the phosphate industry. “It’s a black eye,” Donica said. “This is not what should have happened.”. What happened was one of the...

A weekend outing on the water turned terrifying Sunday afternoon when a recreational boat erupted in flames near the Marina Park Boat Ramp in Venice shortly after 1:15 p.m. A woman and a 5-year-old boy suffered serious burns, officials said. The child was airlifted to a Tampa hospital, the woman was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, and two other passengers walked...

That’s the gist of the proposed compliance agreement the town of Longboat Key has sent to the owner of what is known as the Half Moon House on Gulfside Road. Located at 6541 Gulfside Road more seaward than any other Gulf-facing property on Longboat Key, the town has stated its concerns with the structural health of the 1973 bungalow on stilts. The town’s...

Two Tampa Bay nursing homes have landed on a federal “special focus” list this month, a short roster reserved for some of the country’s most troubled skilled-care facilities. Regulators and local investigators say long-running problems at both homes, from failed evacuations to missed wound care, have put residents at risk and triggered stepped-up oversight. It is a sharp public rebuke for...

An alleged intruder was shot and killed by a St. Petersburg, Florida, homeowner Saturday while trying to make entry through a door. The Tampa Bay Times reported that the incident occurred “about 12:20 a.m. at a home in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue North.”. WFLA noted that the...

Ambulance (Source: Unsplash) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A morning drive in St. Petersburg turned fatal...

BRADENTON, Fla. — The man accused of killing a mother in a 2024 Manatee County DUI crash is being sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. A Florida state attorney announced 27-year-old Cesar Navarrete was found guilty on charges related to a crash over a year and a half ago in Bradenton that killed 37-year-old Sara Holmes.