Despite some public objections, Palmetto approves teen curfew
PALMETTO, Fla. — Despite some pushback from the community, members of the Palmetto City Commission voted 4-1 Monday to adopt a new curfew ordinance for minors. Despite some pushback from the community, members of the Palmetto City Commission voted 4-1 Monday to adopt a new curfew ordinance for minors.
Top residential real estate sales for Feb. 9-13 in Lakewood Ranch
A home in Wild Blue at Waterside topped the week’s sales. Hans Gaedertz and Marie-Diana Hahne-Gaedertz sold their home at 508 Blue Shell Loop to Rostislav Raykov and Jacqueline Roxana Raykov, of Sarasota, for $2.4 million. Built in 2024, it has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,028 square feet of...
Florida man set to be executed for 1986 grocery store murder in Palmetto
PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is scheduled to become Florida’s second execution of 2026. Melvin Trotter, 65, is set to die by lethal injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison. He was convicted of killing Virgie Langford, 70, the owner of Langford’s Grocery...
Beloved New York restaurant opens first Sarasota location
A restaurant revered by generations of upstate New Yorkers has made its Sarasota debut. Duff’s Famous Wings, which has been producing award-winning Buffalo wings for nearly six decades, opened its first location in Sarasota earlier this month. The restaurant, which opened in the Lakeshore Village Plaza spot once...
Bay Haven School of Basics Plus celebrates centennial anniversary
Ariel Brown attributes her success today, as a practicing occupational therapist with a master's degree in the field, to the foundation she built at the elementary school Bay Haven School of Basics Plus. A member of the class of 1995, she was one of the attendees at the celebration of...
A do-over for the Sarasota Performing Arts Center
It has been just under a year since members of the Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation brought their plan for a new performing arts center within The Bay Park to the Sarasota City Commission, hoping to move the public/private partnership forward toward implementation and a final design. What they got instead was an...
Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute office opens
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 171,960 new cancer cases were diagnosed in Florida in 2025. Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute’s St. Petersburg Bayfront office, at the new Orlando Health Institute Square (725 6th Avenue South), opened earlier this month. The approximately...
Lakewood Ranch Community Campout lights a fire for families and friends
From headlamps to glowsticks, campers found creative ways to light up Greenbrook Adventure Park during the eighth annual Lakewood Ranch Community Campout on Feb. 21. Approximately 150 people attended. Greenbrook's Jason Piercy has attended the event every year. "It's just to create memories," Piercy said. "We've got...
Venice Resident Ronald Racki Held in Connection With Laikyn West’s Slaying
Police in southwest Florida have arrested Ronald Chester Racki, a 75-year-old Venice resident, for the murder of 24-year-old Laikyn Marie West, who vanished more than a year ago. Detectives say Racki was the last person to see West alive. West, who lived in Bradenton, disappeared on September 13, 2024. Three...
Florida man set to be executed for 1986 grocery store murder in Palmetto
PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is scheduled to become Florida’s second execution of 2026. Melvin Trotter, 65, is set to die by lethal injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison. He was convicted of killing Virgie Langford, 70, the owner of Langford’s Grocery...
