Bradenton FL

Looking for a place to eat around Bradenton? Manatee County restaurants are routinely inspected by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation for health and food safety issues and cleanliness. Florida bases its inspection standards on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Code , which...

Sometimes life feels ordinary until, without warning, something remarkable unfolds right in front of you. That’s exactly what happened to a woman named Joni as she rode her motorcycle through Sarasota County, Florida. In an instant, a scene played out before her that she never could have imagined. Luckily,...

Video from previous story: 1 dead after shooting in Bradenton Monday night BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA)— Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old in Bradenton. Jeremiah Lilly, 18, a 17-year-old, and a 15-year-old were charged with felony murder with a firearm in connection with the...

A 33-year-old Bradenton man accused of beating his girlfriend to death has a history of domestic violence stretching back more than a decade, court records show. Roger Villasana’s Sept. 3 arrest in the killing of 34-year-old Yassmin Montoya came less than two years after prosecutors dropped charges stemming from...

Water in 11-month-old Midnight Pass runs deeper, extends farther and flows through in greater volume these days than it has since October's Hurricane Milton finished the job September's Helene started by reopening the south Siesta Key waterway. Now, more than 40 years since Midnight Pass closed the last time,...

Federal and state restrictions create more hurdles. Host: COVID is making the rounds again, but finding and getting the new fall COVID-19 booster is proving a problem for Sarasota and Manatee residents. Kathie Moon has more on that. Kathie Moon: Recent changes by federal and state authorities confusing people and...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) – A Florida man has been convicted and sentenced to eight consecutive life terms for the rape of two women in 2022. According to Florida State Attorney Ed Brodsky, Cory Garries was convicted this week in Sarasota County Circuit Court of five counts of sexual battery with a deadly...

The Florida women caught stealing hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise are the subjects of our Mugshots Of The Day. They all earned it!. You never want to end up the Mugshot Of The Day. That means that not only were you arrested but there's something funny, weird, or interesting about their mugshot. Maybe it's a...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Residents in St. Pete’s Childs Park neighborhood continue to be plagued with a foul odor after years of complaints. Pinellas County Air Quality officials said they are working out the bugs with the air quality monitors that are on loan from the Environmental Protection Agency.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) — The Manatee County School Board has finalized Dr. Laurie Breslin as the new superintendent of schools. Breslin signed a three-year contract on Tuesday, Sept. 9, cementing her role as the district’s chief executive officer with an annual salary of $245,000. The agreement is in effect through...