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A 6-year-old boy walks through a crowd of protesters holding up signs saying "kayaks not cruise ships," and "healthy bay equals healthy economy." In his hand is a sailboat he just made out of found objects: coconut husk for the hull, a long white feather as the mast and a Seagrape leaf as the mainsail.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - Six students were arrested following a violent incident at North Port High School that left one student seriously injured, according to a message sent to families by Principal Ryan Shurley. Shurley called the incident “serious and unacceptable” and said the investigation is ongoing. He said...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says a woman missing since this morning has been found. Sonia “Afraya” Behal Duluc, 93, had been last seen in the 2600 block of 43rd Street West at about 8:15 a.m. Monday. She has memory loss and was...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - IMG Academy in Bradenton has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for accepting tuition fees for two students whose parents are linked to Mexican drug cartels, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the settlement in an...

Animal cruelty is still a brutal reality that way too many dogs run into every single day. Some are tossed aside, ignored, or treated terribly by the very people they’re supposed to feel safest with. The kind of pain they go through can be hard to even wrap your...

SARASOTA — The Sarasota County School Board is set to vote on approving the district’s school start times at its meeting Tuesday.

What should have been a typical night out took a wild turn outside Paddy Wagon Irish Pub in Port Charlotte, as a physical fight escalated into a shooting early in the morning. Just after the pub closed its doors for the night, chaos erupted among patrons near a food truck vendor, and before anyone knew it, shots were...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an editorial that Pine View journalism students could not get approved for publication

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Pete's Sunday Market is back. After taking a short hiatus in January, the market opened Sunday morning at its new home at USF St. Pete downtown. Since starting in 2023, the market has built a reputation for giving local businesses a chance to thrive.

After a unanimous recommendation for denial by the planning commission, Manatee County commissioners approved an 80-home development along 18th Avenue East near its intersection with Morgan Johnson Road. Bradenton Estates II was approved at Thursday’s land use meeting in a 4-3 vote with commissioners Bob McCann,...