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SIESTA KEY, Fla. - A man died after being found unresponsive while swimming on Siesta Key on Sunday, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. SCSO says bystanders pulled the man from the Gulf shortly after 2:20 p.m. Sunday. First responders tried to save the man's life, but he died...

One of St. Petersburg’s largest shopping centers is preparing for a major upgrade. Gateway Market Center, located six miles north of downtown at 7751-8229 9th Street North, will soon break ground on a new Publix supermarket as part of a broader redevelopment effort led by InvenTrust Properties Inc. The...

NOKOMIS, Fla. (WWSB) - A traffic stop in Nokomis Sunday led to the arrest of a suspected drug trafficker, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said. On Sept. 21, deputies pulled over a driver identified as Clydrick Antoine Lewis, 40, at a Nokomis gas station. Deputies say inside the rental vehicle Lewis was driving...

After previously revealing plans for a Sarasota location , a popular national fast-food burger chain now has a new area restaurant confirmed to be in the works, as part of a major new development in Bradenton. Whataburger will be one of the tenants at SeaFlower Village Center, which held its groundbreaking last week...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium is opening its new building to the public in just two weeks. The 146,00 square-foot Science and Education Aquarium will be open starting Oct. 8, allowing visitors of all ages to engage with the ocean and experience Mote's research and conservation initiatives.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Horse riding in Palma Sola Bay has been paused for a month. The announcement was made earlier this month by Bradenton Mayor Gene Brown, who said that it was the horseback riding companies that presented the idea as part of an effort to get to the root of a bacterial issue in the water.

NORTH PORT — Two suspects are being charged with carrying out several armed robberies across the state last week.

Starting Oct. 26, buses in Pinellas County will run on fresh paths. The Connected Community Bus Network cuts travel time and adds more weekend trips. St. Petersburg riders will notice big changes in how they move around town. Five main routes will zip by every 20 minutes. Buses will meet...

St. Petersburg, FL — The Woodson African American Museum of Florida, in partnership with the St. Pete Arts Alliance, joined museums across the nation in celebrating Free Museum Day, welcoming hundreds of visitors from across the Bay Area. Terri Lipsey Scott, Executive Director of The Woodson, credited her staff...

Two people were taken to the hospital Monday after a car slammed into a Sarasota business, police said.