One airlifted after house fire in Sarasota
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - One person was injured in a house fire Thursday morning, the Sarasota County Fire Department said. Firefighters responded to the fire in a house in the 2500 block of Nassau Street shortly before noon. The fire was declared out in about 20 minutes. The injured person...
Palmetto man charged after child finds gun, shoots 5-year-old, deputies say
A Palmetto man’s failure to secure his handgun triggered a near-fatal accident when a 9-year-old found the weapon and shot a 5-year-old in the chest, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Robert Richard Giles, 36, is charged with culpable negligence involving a firearm, a third-degree felony, in connection
Man tracked a Florida woman using an Apple AirTag ‘as retaliation,’ police say
A Sarasota man has been convicted of illegally tracking a woman’s car using an Apple AirTag, according to court records. Police arrested Steven Colon Sr., 57, last year after a woman alerted the Bradenton Police Department that she received an alert about a AirTag that had been tracking her, according to court records.
No signs of foul play in Sarasota child’s death, police say
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota police said preliminary information shows no signs of foul play in the death of a child reported Monday morning on Dixie Avenue. The Sarasota Police Department said the investigation remains ongoing. Detectives are in close contact with the District 12 Medical Examiner’s Office as they
GPS Trickery And Phantom Miles: Florida Woman Charged In Massive Michigan Medicaid Fraud
Handcuff (File) A Florida woman is facing over a decade in potential prison time after...
Florida Police Busts 265 Illegal Gambling Devices, Seize $120K
Florida is keeping the pressure on illegal gambling businesses, with the Manatee County police conducting an operation against the sector, resulting in the bust of a large-scale criminal enterprise. Florida Shutters Multiple Venues, Seizes Hundreds of Illegal Gambling Machines Police raids led to the seizure of 265 ill
What should Sarasota’s Main Street look like in 20 years?
What Main Street in downtown Sarasota should look like depends on whom you ask. For merchants, it should have convenient parking for customers directly outside their doors. For visitors, walkability may be most important. Or perhaps it should be a part-time pedestrian mall. Whatever the vision, the public will get...
Just Outside Downtown Bradenton, This Colorful Spot Steals the Show
Tucked just outside downtown Bradenton, the Village of the Arts is one of Florida’s most unexpected creative communities. What looks like a quiet residential neighborhood from a distance quickly reveals itself as a kaleidoscope of color, creativity, and local talent. Pre-war bungalows from the 1920s and 1930s have been
Health care expands in the area in a big way
The medical services field in and surrounding Lakewood Ranch is growing so fast you can almost smell the disinfectant in the air. Across the community and into Manatee County, some of Florida’s largest health care providers are in the process of building out a network of facilities to serve the growing population.
Injured fisherman airlifted from Gulf
A commercial fishing boat captain was medevaced to Tampa General Hospital Tuesday after suffering a hand injury while hauling line approximately 122 miles west of Longboat Key, Fla. The 56-year-old man was hoisted to safety by a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew after watchstanders at Se
