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Any driver who has sat through rush hour traffic on one of Sarasota County’s major thoroughfares has experienced the problem firsthand. As new real estate development has boomed in recent years, improvements to county roads have not kept up with all of those extra drivers. On roads like Fruitville, Tamiami Trail and Honore Avenue, an influx of added traffic has become a major headache...

Bruce Cassidy Sr. and Brian Weimann shared a dream. They imagined a major golf tournament in their back yard, and over the last five years, worked tirelessly to make it happen. The majority owner and general manager, respectively, of The Concession Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch strolled around their dream-turned-reality...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Memorial Hospital is participating in a study of an experimental device aimed at preventing atrial fibrillation after heart surgery. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is one of the most common complications after heart surgery. Nearly half of patients develop the condition. The device targets the back...

SARASOTA — Sarasota County Schools employees, including teachers, will now officially be expected to pay double, possibly triple, their annual average deductibles for health care.

The Sarasota School Board approved a new student protest policy in a tight vote. FOX 13's Matthew McClellan breaks down what this means for students.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A Manatee County resident is concerned with the growing traffic on State Road 70 as development continues to expand. When Arthur Tourkantonis retired to Manatee 8 years ago, he hoped it would be his forever home. “Up until a few years ago, it was very...

FLORIDA — One person was killed and another injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in west Bradenton, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 8 a.m. at the intersection of 21st Avenue West and 43rd Street West. Authorities said one person died at the scene. A second individual was transported to Manatee Memorial Hospital with injuries described […] The post One...

A company that designs kitchens has opened a new showroom near State Road 70 in Manatee County. Quality by Design Kitchens is now located in a space that used to house the Manatee Tax Collector’s Lakewood Ranch branch. The new showroom is just over 3,000 square feet, according to...

Gabriella Daniels, 21, and Ashton Kurant, 20 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – New details have emerged...

Susan Avalon faces murder charges in two counties after police said she fatally shot her two ex-husbands, Timothy Flecher and David Scott, on Dec. 17, 2025. The post Woman who responded 'Which one?' when cops asked her about 1 of her 2 dead ex-husbands could now face the death penalty: Prosecutors first appeared on Law & Crime .