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A home at 18826 Ganton Avenue in The Concession has become the second highest-priced sale ever in the Lakewood Ranch area. The sale of the estate, which sold for $6.9 million, was announced Wednesday by the Schemmel Soda Group's Donna Soda, who marketed the home. Schemmel Soda is part of Premier Sotheby’s...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A St. Petersburg woman was arrested Wednesday, over a month after her dog picked up a lit firework and died after it exploded. An arrest report from the St. Petersburg Police Department said Yasha Davis, 37, knew the dog was loose in the yard and told others, including officers, that […]

A restaurant popular in Ohio is coming to University Town Center, the rapidly expanding retail, dining and entertainment center outside Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota. Kitchen Social has five locations in the Buckeye State serving brunch, lunch and dinner through its scratch-kitchen concept. It plans to open at UTC by...

A Lakewood Ranch woman will spend the next several years in prison after jurors found she stole more than $64,000 in checks while working for the U.S. Postal Service. A Sarasota County judge sentenced Anabel Ossombi, 30, to seven years in state prison, followed by 38 years of probation, according to court records....

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - According to a Probable Cause Affidavit from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, 54-year-old Linda Hyman scammed a couple out of over $750k, telling them she would furnish their home, but instead she kept the funds for herself. It started back in 2023. The couple...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Several units of the Sarasota Police Department participated in training exercises near the Marina Jack’s Yacht basin recently. The department’s SWAT team, along with the marine unit and K-9 teams joined forces for training on Sarasota Bay. “With responsibility for both our City of Sarasota,...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Fun, Smart, Talk. Our take on what’s making headlines on the Suncoast. Today, one of our Hot Topics included a discussion about homeowner associations issuing speeding fines using automatic license-plate readers and speed cameras. Also discussed was the use of cosmetic surgery and the new...

BRADENTON BEACH – Homeowner Bob Bolus, an outspoken critic of the city government, has delivered a notice of intent to file a $100 million class action lawsuit against the city based on allegations of fraud and favoritism toward developer Shawn Kaleta. The letter was delivered to the city by...

Tervis Tumbler, who has been a fixture in Venice for 75 years, has been sold to a newly formed investment group that plans to relocate the company’s headquarters to Bradenton, ending more than seven decades of family ownership. JV2 Innovative Products LLC, a Delaware-based entity created June 4, completed...

For Parrish's Mark Latcheran, living or dying came down to a flip of the coin. Or in his case, the flip of his body. As his body continued to shut down from his case of acute pancreatitis in March, Latcheran slipped into a coma at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center. The medical staff, led by ICU doctor and pulmonologist...