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A 29-year-old is poised to escape prosecution after attacking his parents when they confronted him about employment and financial issues. Jacob Wassey of St. Petersburg, has been allowed to enter into a pre-trial intervention contract which would allow him to avoid prosecution on two counts of battery, according to a...

Founding Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts will have a stretch of U.S. Highway 41 named after him, pending approval from the Florida Department of Transportation. The dedication is a fitting tribute to the Southern rock legend, who passed away in 2024 at the age of 80. Betts was born in Florida and resided...

NORTH PORT — During Sarasota County Schools’ third community meeting of the year, questions swirled around the latest charter school program expanded by the state, “Schools of Hope.”

Architect Selma Goker Wilson gets giddy every time it pours at her Sarasota home. She watches with excitement as her labor of love — a rain garden she and her husband built themselves — is doing an effective job at diverting the heavy flow of water coming off their roof into a downspout and onto flowers and plants.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Students at the University of South Florida took part in an annual tradition this week--the laying of thousands of miniature flags. The commemoration is all to honor the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. Now, 24 years later, USF students lay one flag for every victim, a tribute meant to make...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla - A Texas man has been arrested for a DUI after his Chevy Silverado collided with an electric bicycle, killing a St. Pete man, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. What we know:. 36-year-old Robert Self was heading east on Gandy Blvd. in his Silverado when the...

A Central Florida teen was recently arrested for possession of firearms and narcotics. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives launched an investigation after discovering information that an individual was in possession of multiple firearms, including a modified Glock and AR-style pistols. Through...

TAMPA BAY, Florida – The National Weather Service (NWS) Tampa Bay has issued a forecast for west Central Florida and Southwest Florida on Sunday, September 07, 2025, forecasting numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon with highs in the low 90s across the region. A marginal...

There’s not a local sheriff in the state of Florida who wouldn’t say keeping you safe is an expensive responsibility.

BRADENTON, Fla. — One man is dead, and another man was charged with murder after deputies said he stabbed the victim early Sunday morning. Manatee County Sheriff's deputies responded to a home just after 2 a.m. on 60th Avenue Drive East in Bradenton and found two men injured. One was suffering from multiple stab...