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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...

UPDATE: According to Florida Forest Service, the fire has grown to at least 40 acres and is 40% contained near Yorkshire Boulevard and Blueleaf Drive.

When Camilyn Leavitt, founder of Camilyn Beth, was invited to 16 weddings in just over a year in 2012, she decided to begin making the dresses she’d wear herself. Leavitt attended school for fashion design, but had left the design industry to work as a creative director for several years. However, posting these...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A jury convicted 28-year-old Brennan Wakey of manslaughter and tampering with evidence Friday in connection with the December 2021 death of 24-year-old Colton Wright at a Hyatt Place hotel. The verdict came after approximately seven hours of deliberation, ending a case that stretched nearly...

Manatee County residents won’t have to drive to Sarasota or Tampa anymore for the county’s first standalone Sephora store. The high-end beauty retailer recently filed paperwork with Manatee County Development Services to build out a 5,000-square-foot unit at the Marketplace at Heritage Harbour shopping plaza near...

In a powerful display of collective philanthropy, members of Impact100 SRQ awarded $864,000 in transformational grants to eight local nonprofits during the organization’s Annual Celebration & Awards Ceremony, held at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium at the Bay. More than 860 voting members gathered for the annual...