Manatee County honors late Commissioner Felts
The Manatee County Commission honored the late Commissioner Carol Ann Felts Tuesday morning — one week after her sudden passing at her Myakka City home. FOX 13's Kimberly Kuizon reports.
Venice police on scene of reported suspicious package
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Police are asking people to avoid the Venice Commons Plaza on East Venice Avenue Wednesday morning. Venice police say they received a report of a suspicious package at the UPS Store there. Police have not released any other details. Expect delays in the area.
Wait, There’s an Amish Community in Florida? Inside Sarasota’s Best Hidden Deli
A Taste of Lancaster in the Sunshine State: Exploring Florida’s Real Amish Deli Scene. When you think of Florida, you likely picture palm trees, beaches, and maybe a certain mouse-themed theme park. You probably don’t picture horse-drawn buggies, plain dress, and the smell of fresh-baked shoofly pie. However,...
Photo: Betty Hutton Filming ‘The Greatest Show on Earth,’ March 1951
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the filming of Cecil B. DeMille’s Academy Award-winning film The Greatest Show on Earth right here in Sarasota. The movie, about the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus and the romance, drama and chaos behind the scenes, starred Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, James...
Man jailed after wife falls from golf cart
NORTH PORT — A North Port man is facing felony DUI charges after his wife fell out of a golf cart he was driving and hit her head on the pavement.
Officials release few details in Lakewood Ranch check washing scam
Because investigations remain active, neither the United States Postal Service or the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office were willing to give specific information about a "multitude” of mail theft and check washing that stems from the post office on Post Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch. The two agencies would only...
Green Laser Strike On Pinellas County Deputies Ends In Felony Arrest For St. Petersburg...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A routine flight over St. Petersburg turned into a criminal investigation Tuesday night after a local man allegedly targeted a law enforcement helicopter with a laser pointer. Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 71-year-old James R. Mock following the incident, which occurred just...
Lakewood Ranch church wraps up $7.7 million expansion
Cornerstone Church of Lakewood Ranch is wrapping up a $7.7 million expansion, but the Presbyterian church began with much more humble beginnings. In 1993, a group of under 50 congregants worshiped at the Parkway 8 Cinema on Lockwood Ridge Road. By 2002, the church found a home of its own in Lakewood Ranch, but it was...
Sarasota family office acquires Ohio plastics manufacturer
A Sarasota family office has acquired a plastics manufacturing company based in Ada, Ohio. Nickolas Asset Management purchased Associated Plastics Corp. and plans to upgrade the systems in place at the 150,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse campus. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Included in...
Manatee County mourns the death of its ‘feisty’ commissioner
In the span of a year, Carol Ann Felts went from being thrown out of the Manatee County Commission chambers to sitting behind the dais as the District 1 commissioner. Just 15 months into her current term, the 68-year-old Felts died suddenly at her Myakka City home Feb. 24 of natural causes.
