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BRADENTON, Fla. - An alligator in Manatee County is back in a pond where it belongs after getting trapped in a soccer net. A social media post by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office showed crews helping free the reptile from the net in the Greyhawk Landing neighborhood. The post...

A North Sarasota property tied to the legacy of the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus has come to market, blending historic character with modern versatility. Located at 941 Virginia Drive, the private compound is listed for $1.5 million by Realtor Angela Adams of Michael Saunders & Company. Spanning three...

City commissioners signal their intent to move forward with traffic calming measures. Host: A new effort to slow down traffic in Sarasota neighborhoods is moving forward, as city commissioners signaled Monday they are ready to approve a plan to set a general 20 miles-per-hour speed limit on local streets. Residents...

Sarasota diners craving a taste of Duff’s Famous Wings — long revered by upstate New Yorkers — can finally get their fix at lunchtime. The restaurant, which opened at 3900 Clark Road last month, announced it is expanding its hours to 11 a.m.-10 p.m. on social media . With the new hours, Duff's also unveiled a new...

BRADENTON BEACH – City Clerk Terri Sanclemente and City Attorney Erica Augello are handling the city’s response to a subpoena Sanclemente received as part of the civil lawsuit former Building Official Darin Cushing filed against his former employer, SAFEbuilt Florida LLC. While serving as the city’s building...

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 the current water supply shortage leading to restrictions. If you have ideas for what topics we should discuss next, email us at [email protected]!

Local loyalty means a lot more when the food never has to shout for attention. This laid-back Florida seafood spot has built exactly that kind of reputation, because people keep coming back for meals they already know they are going to enjoy. Nothing about the place feels overly polished or...

For Arcadia teenager Chuck Black, it was the opposite of nails on the blackboard. Black listened as one of his local buddies recreated Eddie Van Halen's famous "pick scrape," a guitar technique in which the edge of the plectrum, or pick, is dragged along the guitar strings to create a metallic, scratching sound.

Suspicious incident: It’s the age-old story of boy meets girls, boy hands girls his cell phone to exchange Instagram handles, girls walk away with boy’s phone. The complainant flagged down an officer on patrol to report he had met a group of females outside a Main Street bar and, while speaking with them, handed over...

At the parking lot of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, cars drive in a single-file line through orange cones and park by a large truck belonging to A1 Shredding and Recycling Inc. A group of volunteers wearing tie-dye shirts grab boxes of old paper from the trunks...