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ST PETERSBURG - St. Petersburg Police responded to a complaint of drug use behind a business on Monday morning. When they arrived, the officers observed a man and a woman smoking a substance in a pipe they were sharing. The officers detained both the man and the woman and processed...

Dozens of residents attended a max capacity City Commission meeting in St. Pete Beach Tuesday, despite the item of contention not being on the agenda.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) — No matter how choppy or violent the water gets, Captain Brian Martel becomes his own ballast. That’s what happens when you’ve spent 70 years navigating the Gulf. “By the time I was 10, my dad gave me a boat and motor and said,...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - New details in the investigation into the death of 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier paint a troubling picture, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Sheriff Rick Wells, at a news conference in Bradenton, outlined what detectives believed happened in the early hours of Aug. 1....

More than 300 unionized warehouse workers at a wholesale grocery distribution facility in Sarasota have approved a five-year contract with their employer, United Foods Inc., according to a statement from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. As part of the collective bargaining agreement, the workers secured up...

A $50 million transformation will soon replace the aging Sarasota Square Mall. The site will blend shops with living spaces, anchored by Whole Foods and Homesense stores. By 2026, the area will house 1,200 new apartments alongside 300,000 square feet of retail space. At 8249 S. Tamiami Trail, builders have...

Worried commissioners could be removed from office, Manatee County Commission Chairman George Kruse postponed two votes that would have prompted a showdown with state officials. Kruse announced the schedule change at the end of Tuesday’s public meeting, stating the risk of commissioners being removed from office was...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) – Wedding vows and white dresses are not what you would normally expect to see in a medical facility, but one couple tied the knot at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center in the name of family. Melissa and Joe were planning a beach wedding. That was before...

Manatee County Sheriff's Office shared new details about the last moments of 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier.

Suspicious person: Police were called to a place of worship on a Friday evening after an employee reported a suspicious person. Dispatch relayed to officers that a person was walking around a synagogue’s parking lot in the rain. When police arrived on scene, the employee described to officers that a man wearing dark...