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SARASOTA, Fla — Police were on patrol in downtown Sarasota last week when they got a call about an unusual suspect: a pot-bellied pig wandering alone. Officers found the roughly 100-pound "thrill-seeking swine" around 1:30 a.m. Friday, roaming around the area of 4th Street between Lemon Avenue and Central Avenue....

A man who was wanted for a Pennsylvania homicide and in a Sarasota burglary was seen on bodycam video pulling a gun on deputies trying to arrest him. Brian Hewson, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, resisted arrest and pulled out a gun, pointed at a deputy and pulled the trigger when a STAR member...

If you love the thrill of the hunt, the Red Barn Flea Market in Bradenton is your happy place. Part open air bazaar, part indoor marketplace, it is packed with vendors, flavors, and finds you did not know you needed. You can browse for hours, snack your way through the food court, and still feel like there is more to...

Florida mornings hit different when you find a breakfast spot that feels like home cooking and vacation indulgence teamed up on the same plate. There’s a place where early risers gather with the confidence of people who already know something delicious is about to happen. You might think you’re just stopping in for a...

Welcome shoppers! A newly renovated Publix supermarket in Florida is reopening on March 5, the Lakeland-based company announced on its website . The existing store in Clearwater, originally renovated from an Albertson's store in 2009, was demolished to be rebuilt in the popular grocery chain's new shopper-friendly...

The Sarasota Performing Arts Center is working on plans to replace the Van Wezel Center. FOX 13's Kimberly Kuizon reports.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - St. Stephen’s Episcopal School is offering grief support to students following the deaths of two of its students, Josh and Emma James, who were killed by their mother in a Lakewood Ranch home. The mother also died in what authorities are investigating as a murder-suicide.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The cold front is gone. The clouds are thinning. And the Suncoast is settling into a stretch that feels more like late May than early March. Skies will be partly cloudy with more clearing overnight. Temperatures fall into the lower 60s with a light east northeast breeze.

Manatee County’s Parrish area continues to gain commercial momentum with the announced addition of a major grocery retailer slated for construction later this year. According to recently filed Manatee County development paperwork, a new ALDI grocery store is planned in Parrish Lakes East, bringing another...

Twenty-three years after Denisha Williams was found dead in her Bradenton apartment, her killing remains unsolved and her case is still officially open with city detectives. Williams was discovered in 2003 inside her home at 1909 5th Street West, where investigators say she suffered multiple injuries. Detectives...