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Kensington Kotuby set a Kids World Record for the longest time doing Skip-It jumps in the girls 10–12 division.

The owners of Nōnnō Umberto expected a fairly quiet soft opening for the rebranded Italian restaurant on St. Armands Circle the first week of January. But it was anything but quiet as staff served more than 250 people on the first night, growing to 800 people over the course of the first week, according to co-owner...

A man convicted of killing two people, including a pregnant woman, at a Ruskin mobile home in 2018 will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge decided Monday.

Lawmakers have filed eight property tax reform proposals, despite Florida’s legislative session not officially commencing for another week. St. Petersburg officials are already preparing for any changes. ​City Council Chair Lissette Hanewicz explained the process and potential $83 million fallout in a Dec. 10 letter...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Two men were arrested after deputies said they allegedly robbed a grocery store at gunpoint in Bradenton, firing a shot into the ceiling before fleeing with cash. The robbery occurred about 8 p.m. Jan. 4 at a Latin grocery store — Tienda Latina — located at...

VENICE — Police and emergency officials spent hours searching in the water and on the beach by the Venice Fishing Pier on Sunday evening, looking for a missing woman who likely was never missing in the first place.

NORTH PORT — A man was killed in a two-vehicle crash over the weekend at Toledo Blade Boulevard and Bobcat Trail.

The Sarasota Downtown Master Plan 2020, prepared by internationally renowned urban planner Andrés Duany of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, was adopted exactly 25 years ago, in January 2001. It promised a city remade through walkable streets, mixed-use blocks and a code that prized human scale over parking ratios—a...

Megan Howell, CEO and founder, Second Heart Homes. The nonprofit’s mission is to provide permanent housing and wraparound services to persons with mental illness who are currently homeless or are at-risk for homelessness. The Sarasota-based organization has assisted some 70 men and women in getting off the streets...

Manatee County motorists, take note: the new year means new traffic patterns. As you make your way through the area, you're likely to encounter signs of progress in the form of construction zones. A recent social media post from the Manatee County Government reminds drivers that while the work is a sign of...