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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...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A controlled burn spread to a barn and then to a brush fire Wednesday morning. A homeowner started a controlled burn in his backyard when the fire spread to his barn. Multiple units arrived on the scene to find it had spread to a brush fire.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A Parrish man has pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge after prosecutors said he set a rental van on fire in a Bradenton motel parking lot. Kendarius Devonta Stitten, 26, admitted to violating the federal Anti-Arson Act, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa. He now faces a...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A man who detectives say spent more than a decade on the run is now behind bars, after being found living quietly in St. Petersburg under a fake name. Investigators with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office located Joseph Davis earlier this month and arrested him. Davis...

ELLENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A Manatee County man has been charged with murder after he allegedly sold cocaine to another man who died of an overdose, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said. On Oct. 28, 2025, 41-year-old Jonathan Watson was found dead in the 400 block of Sunset Circle...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - When you hear the name Ringling, your mind likely goes to John. The showman, the museum, and the grand Ca’ d’Zan. But there was another brother who was instrumental in creating the Suncoast we know today. His name was Charles. And he left a...