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Charlie Hunsicker built his career on being in the right place at the right time – and everyone in Tampa Bay has benefited. Now the director of natural resources for Manatee County, Hunsicker earned the 2025 Herman W. Goldner Award, the highest award bestowed on an individual for regional leadership at the Future of...

Disturbance: At the end of a night of Halloween festivities, one officer was controlling a female subject as another stood nearby to monitor a forming crowd. Once the scene settled to a degree, the standby officer spoke with a different female subject who advised that her friend — presumably the woman being...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Many people are looking forward to the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush on Black Friday and scooping up some big deals, but in Manatee County, Black Friday is going to the dogs. Literally. The county’s animal shelter is holding its first-ever Black Friday adoption event called The Great...

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Bradenton Police Department is asking for the public's help to identify the suspect in a robbery involving aggravated battery at a park. Officers say this happened before 10:30 p.m. Monday in the Rossi Park parking lot in the area of 3rd Avenue West, where a man told them the suspect approached...

Oar & Iron Raw Bar & Grill, a scratch-kitchen concept specializing in seafood, steak and craft cocktails, opened this week in Parrish’s Creekside Commons shopping plaza. The restaurant at 8710 U.S. 301 N. is the third location for Oar & Iron, but the first for the area. The other two locations are in Naples and Fort...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The man serving life in prison for the 1997 Sarasota murder of Sheila Bellush has been denied a motion to throw out his sentence. Jose Luis Del Toro filed the motion earlier this year, arguing an extradition agreement between the Mexican government and the U.S. was not followed.

Animal cruelty remains a painful reality that far too many dogs face every day. Some animals are abandoned, neglected, or mistreated by the very people they should trust most. Their suffering is often unimaginable. In Ruskin, Florida, a tiny Chihuahua mix left locals reeling after being found with his legs...

The redeveloper of the former Sarasota Square Mall has revealed new details of its 96-acre mixed-use project at the corner of U.S. 41 and Beneva Road. Whole Foods Market will anchor Phase One of the retail development, leasing approximately 35,828 square feet of space. Adjacent to Whole Foods, home decor and...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As Hurricanes Helene and Milton tore through Florida in last year, several homes and businesses were destroyed. The powerful winds and high water levels wiped away irreplaceable pieces of the state’s history. Now, an effort is underway to assess and restore some of the most iconic structures...

PARRISH, Fla. — Much of the Tampa Bay area is experiencing moderate drought conditions. In the Sarasota–Bradenton area, while the yearly rain total is only two inches below average, our Weather Experts say a lack of rainfall over the last three months has created these conditions. For over...