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'Serious' Threat Reported at Jewish Community Center in Fla.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — All charges have been dropped against two pastors who were arrested in August while protesting the removal of a St. Pete mural, according to court documents. FDOT crews were painting over the “Black History Matters” mural on 9th Avenue South when police said Andrew Oliver, 45, and...

Sarasota Police stopped a driver who was clocked going 88 mph over the Ringling Bridge on Tuesday morning, according to a post by SPD. The speed limit on the bridge connecting Sarasota to the keys is 35 mph, meaning the infraction was eligible for the newly passed “super speeder” law, which can lead to up to $500 in...

CORTEZ, Fla. (WWSB) - A Cortez man accused of starting a gunfight that wounded his girlfriend and himself during a domestic dispute has asked a judge to dismiss the charges under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, court records show. Keven Anderson says he was threatened with death...

Achilles Kouskoutis says with 40 years in the restaurant business, he's never had a bad experience. He expects it to be the same story for Nikki's Greek Café, which is targeting an early October opening in Gulf Gate. The restaurant is the response of Kouskoutis to a lack of...

Life is full of compromises, so Manatee County has come to a compromise when it comes to the Lena Road project. Lena Road will connect from State Road 64 to State Road 70 as of Oct. 1, but it will not be the “urban corridor” that was initially planned as one of the “Big Six” road projects listed in the capital...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - This month’s chalkboard champion for manatee county is a history teacher who has been shaping young minds for over 35 years. Joseph Baker has always wanted to be an educator and loves making learning fun and active for his students. With games like, Geo Twist,...

Key takeaway: The Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp. is looking to get a new contract with Manatee County to provide economic development services. Core challenge: The county and the EDC have different opinions on the organization's return on investment metrics. What’s next: The EDC has created a 90-day task...

Manatee Memorial Hospital proudly announces a historic achievement in structural heart care. The hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Department has successfully performed a record-breaking 10 mitral TEER (Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair) procedures in a single day, setting a new national milestone as confirmed by...

Citizen assist: On a Sunday morning, police were called to a residential street when a resident saw something she had never seen in her 40 years living on the island. The resident explained to police that when she was getting into her car that morning she saw and heard bubbling water coming up from a manhole in the...