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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Bradenton small business owner says years of hard work were shaken after thieves stole thousands of dollars’ worth of landscaping equipment from his trailer. Brice Gore, owner of Big South Lawn and Landscape, says the theft happened May 15 near 26th Street and 17th...

A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy resigned while under criminal investigation after investigators say he used a sheriff’s office database to harass a woman as retaliation. Matthew Schwartz, 37, faces a third-degree felony charge of harassment by use of personal identification information after investigators say he acce

FLORIDA — A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle Friday morning in St. Petersburg, according to police. The St. Petersburg Police Department said the crash happened around 9:50 a.m. near the intersection of 9th Avenue North and 25th Street North. The area is close to St. Petersburg High

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A North Carolina woman was arrested this week after Bradenton police said she helped scam a 66-year-old man out of at least $100,000. Elizabeth Ann Hildbrand, 51, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was arrested May 18 on charges of grand theft and money laundering, according to the Bradenton Police

ANNA MARIA, Fla. (WWSB) - A golf cart and an SUV were destroyed Thursday evening after both vehicles caught fire near the Anna Maria Post Office, according to West Manatee Fire Rescue. Crews were called around 5:52 p.m. to the area of 101 S. Bay Blvd. for a reported vehicle...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A crash with at least one fatality blocked State Road 62 Friday afternoon near Bunker Hill Road in east Manatee County, the Florida Highway Patrol is reporting. A semi truck and a Toyota Tundra were involved, FHP Senior Trooper Kenn Watson told ABC7. The semi caught...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A 17-year-old from Sarasota was killed Friday morning in a crash with a dump truck in DeSoto County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators say the teen was driving in an SUV, traveling east on State Road 70, approaching NW Florida Avenue at about 8:45 a.m.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A celebration of life has been scheduled for Lauryn Marie Akey, the 21-year-old Bradenton woman killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 75 in Charlotte County. According to her obituary, the service will be held at 10:30 a.m. May 30 at Grace Community Church, 4080 Lakewood...

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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Friday morning will be warm and mainly dry across west-central and southwest Florida, with sunshine pushing temperatures quickly into the 80s. Afternoon highs will reach the lower 90s inland, with heat index values near 100. Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected mainly inland