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Barbecue, raffle prizes, custom shirts and a DJ were all part of an effort to thank hundreds of construction workers for their work on the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sarasota Bay in downtown Sarasota . Those working on the building recently celebrated its topping out, a major milestone in the development. The...

Deputies in Florida say Susan Avalon, the woman suspected of shooting two of her ex-husbands last Wednesday, had tipped off police to one of the crimes with her response to a question.

BRADENTON, Fla. – A former law enforcement building in Bradenton has been repurposed into a sanctuary for women battling addiction and homelessness, as Manatee County officials announced the opening of the “Gateway South” shelter this week. The facility, located at 407 57th Ave. E., is now accepting...

ST. PETE. Fla. — Inside of 3 Daughters Brewing by downtown St. Pete sits a tiny city filled with Christmas memories. Now, the village of small holiday figurines sits upon 18 tables and spans down two sides of the brewery. It’s the work of owner Mike Harting’s dad, Bruce....

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) - A 14-year-old Bradenton girl with a rare medical condition has begun a long journey to recovery after surgeons spent nearly 17 hours performing a complex operation to remove her left leg, which had grown to an extraordinary size. The surgery took place at Johns Hopkins...

An arrest record sheds more light on how a former Manatee County elementary school teacher allegedly harassed an 11-year-old student for months before his behavior came under scrutiny. On Monday, deputies arrested former B.D. Gullett Elementary School teacher Jarrett Williams, 35, and charged him with aggravated...

Tampa Bay area hospitals are seeing a big surge in kids showing up with RSV, flu and other respiratory illnesses. Pediatric ER doctors at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg said the numbers of cases doubled or tripled what they saw at this same time last year.

VENICE — Thanks to the dedication and charitable hearts of students, Venice Middle School announced a record breaking holiday food drive this year.

A Purple Alert was issued Wednesday for a 58-year-old woman missing from Sarasota.

Music camps have helped define Toby Perlman’s life. She met her husband, virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman, at one in the Adirondacks of New York when she was a student. After she was married and raising a family, Toby founded a summer music camp for strings students on Long Island in 1994. A decade later, the...