Bradenton FL

St. Petersburg officials announced that new citywide water restrictions will begin on December 1st after the Southwest Florida Water Management District issued a Phase 1 Water Shortage Order due to below normal rainfall and declining water supplies.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman died in St. Petersburg on Tuesday after a vehicle struck her e-bike. The crash happened at 7:12 a.m. at the intersection of 22nd Avenue and 49th Street North, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. Police said the driver remained at the...

Rally Development has begun pitching the 131.5-acre Derby Lane property in St. Petersburg for what CEO Sagi Genger describes as a multi-hundred-million-dollar or multi-billion-dollar redevelopment. The company acquired the site at 10490 Gandy Blvd. in April after combining with St. Petersburg Kennel Club Inc., which...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Drivers are stuck in gridlock exceeding 30 minutes on I-75 southbound. A crash at US-301 has the left lane shut down, and earlier all travel lanes blocked. Backups start before I-275, over 6 miles before the crash location.

Suspicious boat: A Sarasota Bay-bordering property owner called police when he noticed an unfamiliar boat on his boat lift. Police arrived and used the boat’s hull identification number to find and call the registered owner. The owner of the suspicious boat said he had just had the boat serviced and that the boat...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - The owner of a day care center in Parrish accused of molesting teenage staffers is being sought after he failed to show up for his trial Monday, court records show. Sanjay Das was required to appear Monday for the start of his trial. Das failed to...

December 2025—In an era of rapid change and uncertainty across higher education, New College of Florida is charting a bold new course—one defined by innovation, academic freedom, and an unwavering belief in the power of ideas. Once a small honors college renowned for its intimate classes and independent...

This unhinged driver mistook this dashcam owner braking for a turning truck as a brake check. Then, he resorted to road rage. Sarasota driver and Redditor /u/Zheka160 shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier in November (Nov 17, 2025) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing an unhinged driver confusing OP...

SARASOTA — Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman took to his office’s social media to share “the facts straight from the source” on his agency’s partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

SARASOTA, Fla. – Authorities in Sarasota County moved to preempt the annual spike in holiday shoplifting this week, arresting 11 people during a targeted operation at the University Town Center (UTC) mall. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deployed multiple specialized units—including tactical teams and...