Bradenton FL

Bradenton residents are getting hit with a high-tech twist on an old scam: callers posing as local police, ordering people to pull out large amounts of cash and feed it into a so-called “government currency” machine. Today, Bradenton police urged residents to be on alert, stressing that while two of their officers do...

Bradenton, Fla. — Mel Hope, the chief financial officer of First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., has informed the company of his intent to retire later this year. The company has commenced a process to identify his successor, considering both internal and external candidates. It is expected that Hope will remain as CFO...

BRADENTON, Florida - A standoff in the Braden Castle Park neighborhood concluded peacefully this morning following a domestic incident involving Christopher Liebeck. The Bradenton Police Department reported that the situation began Sunday night when officers responded to a call from an 87-year-old man, who claimed...

Manatee County Commissioner Carol Ann Felts, 68, has died. Felts was found outside her home Tuesday afternoon by her aide, Selena Cunningham, who went to Felts’ home in Myakka City for their afternoon work session. The last time Cunningham spoke to Felts was around 10 a.m. that morning. A...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A wildlife rehab organization is working to help a panhandling pelican that was recently captured on Manatee Beach. “This guy was wandering around Manatee Beach looking for a handout, following people around,” Wildlife Inc. said a social media post. The pelican, not deterred by people...

Manatee County officials unanimously denied a 2,000-home project in Parrish after raising concerns about a lack of infrastructure and amenities to support new residents. At a recent Land Use Meeting, commissioners heard arguments for and against the “Lone Valley” project proposed by Lennar Homes. It would have added...

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office located a lost hiker on Friday after they went missing in Deer Prairie Creek Preserve.

A 34-year-old man from Sarasota died after his SUV left the roadway and struck multiple trees along Bee Ridge Road before splitting in half, troopers said. The crash happened when a 2018 Toyota RAV4 traveling eastbound on Bee Ridge Road, about 1,000 feet east of Swift Road, veered off the roadway and entered a grassy...

VENICE, Fla. - A woman wanted in Indiana for reckless homicide has been captured in Sarasota County. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Adria P. Wilkerson, 31, was involved in a deadly, head-on vehicle crash on October 1, 2025, that killed 45-year-old Vicki Colley in front of a high school in Indiana.

The entrance to VillageWalk in South Sarasota is marked by palms, a guardhouse and the kind of manicured stillness that suggests firm adherence to quiet hours. The streets curve past identical roofs and clipped hedges. It doesn't hint at the possibility that, on the first Sunday of each month, at 3 p.m., a cello will...