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With 2026 less than a month away, businesses are gearing up for upcoming openings, including Walmart. The retail giant has already wrapped up its openings for 2025 on Nov. 5 with its new location in Melissa, Texas, about 48 miles northeast of Dallas. According to the company, more openings are slated for January....

BRADENTON, Fla. - Shoppers at the Walmart on Cortez Road West in Bradenton helped save an elderly man on Monday after he collapsed in the freezer aisle and hit his head. Witnesses say the man wasn’t breathing when they reached him. Two customers, Jennifer Pohlman and Robb Olsen, immediately...

Country Thunder is headed to the beach. Since 1993, Country Thunder has been bringing country music festivals to your cities. The festival production company got its start in 1993 in Wisconsin. It quickly expanded its market, growing in 1996 and adding on since, marketing Saskatchewan in 2005, Alberta in 2016, and...

VENICE, Fla. (WFLA) — The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said it wrangled an alligator at a 7-Eleven on De. 5. The 10-foot alligator was found on N River Road, the sheriff’s office said. “Another day, another gator,” SCSO said in a Facebook post. “Sarasota’s really determined to make this a weekly series.”...

MANATEE COUNTY — Manatee County Animal Welfare is celebrating the completion of a major kennel expansion at its Bishop location (5718 21st Ave. W, Bradenton) with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, December 17, at 11 a.m. This investment significantly enhances safety, comfort, medical care, enrichment, and adoptability...

A woman who admitted to mixing Mudslides and pills was arrested at Lake Sumter Landing in The Villages. Laurel Beth Robbins, 74, of Bradenton, was pulled over at about 6 p.m. Monday at Old Mill Run and Buena Vista Boulevard, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

TAMPA - A 20-time convicted felon is back behind bars after Sarasota detectives discovered he was selling cocaine out of his home. Sarasota Police Department SWAT and Strategic Intelligence Unit (SIU) detectives went to the home of Antrone Thomas, 46, on Thursday where they executed a search warrant. Inside they...

Craving something unfussy that still feels like a win of a day trip? You’re in the right lane. This easygoing feature points you straight to the spot locals whisper about when fried fish is the plan, paper plates are expected, and zero fuss is the entire mood. It’s the...

The sentencing hearing for a Sarasota mother found guilty by a jury of manslaughter for the death of her 14-week-old son, Dominic, has been pushed back to Monday, Dec. 29, according to the court records. Lily Scheip, 35, was arrested a little more than four months after she found her baby unresponsive and not...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — You won’t need a plane ticket for this passport… just an appetite. Small businesses on Anna Maria Island are offering special discounts through a Drink & Dine Passport. It began last month to bring more people to the island’s restaurants. What You...