Bradenton FL

Manatee County deputies are searching for 16-year-old Areyanna Bosworth after she ran away from her Bradenton home and dropped out of contact with her family for more than a week. Relatives say their concern is growing by the day, especially because Areyanna has a history of leaving home. Details from...

Bradenton police say a DNA hit has cracked a months-old school break-in, tying a local man already behind bars to a November burglary at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School. On March 12, 2026, investigators announced that 43-year-old Joshua Wilbar has been charged with burglary after DNA recovered from items at the scene...

VENICE — An arrest has been made in the killing of Patrick Warrick in South Venice nearly a year ago.

Last week, a burger spot with famous family ties opened inside Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. Wahlburgers, a national chain based out of Massachusetts and owned by brothers Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg, specializes in premium Angus burgers with sides like parmesan truffle tots and crispy fried pickles....

Fresh pineapple, yellow onions and free-range chicken filled the shelves of Margie’s Market ahead of its March 10 grand opening in Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood. Inside the small grocery-style market on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, rows of fresh produce, dairy, meat and pantry staples are arranged much like they...

A new restaurant is planned for a bustling area of Manatee and Sarasota counties. Just Salad, which began in 2006 in New York City, is renovating a space inside The Market at University Town Center shopping plaza, according to paperwork filed with Manatee County Development Services. The roughly 2,000-square-foot...

The plan to create a cruise ship port near the Sunshine Skyway may be sunk after the Florida House unanimously passed legislation limiting dredging needed by larger ships. Bradenton Sen. Jim Boyd’s bill passed the Senate last month. It would expand the boundaries of the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve in Manatee County...

Florida lawmakers passed an environmental bill that adds new dredging protections in aquatic preserves, including the Terra Ceia Bay Aquatic Preserve in Manatee County. Supporters say the restrictions could effectively block plans for a controversial cruise terminal proposed near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The bill...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - At least one person was injured in a major crash on I-75 southbound, near University Parkway. Live FDOT cameras show what appears to be a pickup truck on the hood of another vehicle. The live feed also showed one individual loaded into an ambulance on...

A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Manatee County jury convicted him of killing two roommates inside their Bradenton duplex , prosecutors said. A Manatee County judge sentenced 31-year-old Jamal Lamar Blakely to life in prison after the jury found him guilty of two counts of second-degree murder...