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Sarasota Audubon Society has defended a bird sanctuary called the Celery Fields. The post Sarasota Audubon Society saves bird sanctuary from nearby development appeared first on Creative Loafing Tampa .

AdventHealth bought 17.47 acres in North Port with an eye toward building its first hospital in Sarasota County as part of a major move into Southwest Florida. The West Florida division of AdventHealth, a Seventh-day Adventist nonprofit healthcare system, closed on the $7.86 million purchase on March 1, 2025, which...

After a successful trial run of a system that allows devices on emergency vehicles to control traffic signals while on emergency responses, Manatee County is about to expand its coverage to more intersections, including a few in Lakewood Ranch. The pilot program for the county’s Emergency Vehicle Preemption system...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA)— A teenager was sentenced to prison on Wednesday after shooting and killing a 16-year-old in 2022. Damian Anderson was convicted of manslaughter by culpable negligence with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a minor after shooting and killing Damarion Smalls on July 19, 2022....

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia called Manatee County Government’s hiring “wasteful” spending, but the head of the county’s citizen review committee says that’s not the full story. At a press conference in October, Ingoglia unveiled the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight (FAFO) audit and said Manatee...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Cape Coral man is facing a felony littering charge after allegedly dumping a pile of items in Charlotte County that included cremated remains of a Bradenton woman who passed away in 2024. Charlotte County Sheriff deputies responded to Cartouche Avenue in Punta Gorda around 4:44...

SARASOTA — A Sarasota man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest to killing a neighbor's pet cat.

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — After more than a year of work and repairs, Manatee County’s largest wildlife rescue center recently fully reopened. Wildlife, Inc. Education & Rehabilitation Center in Bradenton Beach reopens after over a year of repairs. The center was hit by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, causing...

SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. (WWSB) - Commuters heading north on I-75 from Manatee County, into Hillsborough County were stuck in a 3 mile gridlock at MM-241. A major crash involving one vehicle upside down, closed 2 lanes at at SR-674/College Ave. Just after 7 a.m. delays are approaching an hour...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put a hold on a man Honduras who has lived in the states for 20 years without a license. A deputy spotted 41-year-old Darwin Francisco Cruz Sandoval of Bradenton driving a black Ford truck northbound on County Road 472 in Wildwood around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to an...