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BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A former Atlanta Braves minor-leaguer involved in a fatal crash on I-75 April 20 is facing additional charges, court records show. Prosecutors say Jonathan Matos Morales was driving a Ford Mustang south on I-75 near State Road 64 when it collided with an SUV. The Florida...

Authorities in Sarasota and Manatee counties recently seized 334 slot machines and nearly $200,000 in cash from businesses they allege were running illegal gambling sites. The raids were carried out in May through a collaboration between local law enforcement and the Florida Gaming Control Commission. In Sarasota Count

It isn’t often a city Board of Adjustment meeting draws a crowd. Even more rare is a standing ovation after it renders a decision. But it’s also not every day the board has before it a request to relocate an iconic, 150-foot flag pole that supports an 1,800-square-foot American flag only weeks before the nation celebra

A disturbing scheme targeting grieving families in Bradenton is resurfacing again.

Mark Barcia of North Port was sentenced to 18 years in prison for DUI Manslaughter, DUI with serious bodily injury and two counts of DUI with Personal Injury for a fatal crash that occurred on New Year's Eve, 2019, according to a press release from state attorney's office. Barcia slammed his Ford F-250 truck into the b

A woman armed with bricks smashed windows and doors at 8-Ball Lounge in Sarasota County early Thursday morning, surveillance video shows. The suspect wearing a motorcycle helmet went inside the local neighborhood bar, where she destroyed liquor bottles and cut herself in the process. Deputies are actively working to lo

Candice Roberts, 49, was sleeping in an alleyway in St. Petersburg when she was struck and killed by a garbage truck in the early hours of Saturday. The driver, Nathan D. Brown, was retrieving a dumpster off Third Street North, behind Ruby's Elixir, when his vehicle struck Roberts, court records show.

River Club's Mike and Jenny Schenk have been getting the calls. People continue to stop by their Pineapple Kitchen business at 4914 Lena Road, only to find the doors locked and the place cleaned out. The calls are of concern because the Schenks, since they opened at Lena Road in...

VENICE, Fla. - A man adjusting a holstered gun in his waistband accidentally shot himself inside the Venice Walmart on Thursday morning, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. Venice Walmart shooting. What we know:. Deputies responded to the retail store Thursday morning after receiving reports of gunfire.

Sarasota developer Sadek Omar has been to many places, but he says one stands out above the rest. “I personally feel like the sky’s the limit for Sarasota,” says Omar, a partner at Ore Development, which is a portfolio company of Sarasota-based developer Jebcore. A native of Qatar who has lived in Pennsylvania and Virg