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A Sarasota man was shot Tuesday morning during an attempted robbery.

VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - Retired Venice Police Department K-9 Mako died May 16, surrounded by those who loved him most, according to the department. Mako served the Venice community alongside Officer Kristen Kimson from February 2015 until his retirement in July 2021. The department said Mako worked beside his handler...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Lawyers for the man accused of trying to kill five people -- including a pregnant woman -- during a 2024 road rage incident in Palmetto is asking for his trial to be delayed, court records show. Prosecutors say 52-year-old Vincent Steele fired multiple rounds from his...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Bradenton woman killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 75 in Charlotte County has been identified as 21-year-old Lauryn Marie Akey. Dennis Lee Olson, 53, was arrested May 17 after the crash, which happened about 1:09 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-75 near mile marker 149.

Erika Mayer (PCSO) POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Palmetto woman faces multiple charges after deputies...

Booker High School commencement speaker Kila Sons told attendees that after childhood dreams in the past, it was hard to believe the moment of graduation had finally arrived. She said while it seemed impossible to choose from all of the careers available, she plans to pursue a fine-arts degree in musical theater.

PALMETTO, Fla. — Manatee County commissioners will look at a motion on Tuesday’s agenda to get money allocated to the Old Memphis Cemetery after vandals targeted multiple gravesites. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, 17 graves were damaged at the cemetery, including broken vaults, spray painted headston

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The first phase of the Phillippi Creek Dredge Project has reached substantial completion, Sarasota County officials said. The high-spot dredging project removed more than 60,000 cubic yards of sediment from the creek. The work focused on areas of sediment buildup between South Tuttle Avenue and

This four-piece 90’s alternative and pop/dance rock band will take Gen Xers back to the best years of their lives! Playing the songs of your college days and not the same old, same old! Hard driving rock, upbeat dance and radio hits from the 80's to today, featuring covers from Gin Blossoms, Maroon 5, Jimmy Eat World,

Bradenton’s community redevelopment agency is asking residents, business owners and visitors to help shape the future of downtown through a new planning effort focused on Old Main Street and the surrounding area. The work is part of an urban design study called Destination Downtown: Old Main Street Activation Plan,...