Bradenton FL

Our Better Call Behnken investigation into criminals using Bitcoin machines to trick the elderly out of money hit a nerve with the Bradenton Police Department.

VENICE, Fla. - An arrest has been made nearly a year after a man was shot and killed along a busy stretch of road in Venice, according to the sheriff’s office. 32-year-old Zachary Bolin has been charged with homicide for the murder of 42-year-old Patrick Warrick back on April 22, 2025.

For years, the drainage pond tucked away at the end of West Dearborn Street in Englewood barely registered as more than a wild patch of green. Water lilies and cattails had completely taken over, smothering the pond until it was only a mess of tangled plants. Neighbors and members of the Englewood Community...

Florida in March has a certain kind of magic. The weather is warm but comfortable, the skies are bright, and the outdoors suddenly becomes the best place to be. But here is a question worth asking. What if one of the most beautiful experiences in Florida is not a beach at all?

Key takeaway: Local pet retail chain DOGPerfect is starting to franchise, prompted by success in the years since the company’s founding in 2019. Core challenge: The owners, Linda and Rob Emery, are learning they are in a new business: selling a franchise business that sells dog food and dog toys rather than selling...

Archaeologists will soon begin work to confirm whether 10 potential graves found in a November 2024 survey remain under a Tropicana Field parking lot. The St. Petersburg City Council approved $378,896 March 5 to begin the third phase of determining whether graves remain after cemeteries there were moved out. The city...

Cape Coral-Fort Myers and North Port-Sarasota are among the top five regions in the country where house hunters are looking to relocate, according to a new report from Redfin. The top origin for those searching homes in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers and North Port-Sarasota areas was the same: Chicago, according to...

Charlotte County, Florida – Authorities say a Florida woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her roommate to death and later driving the victim’s truck to another city following the incident. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded Sunday night to a home on Gewant Boulevard...

In the more than three years since Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch raised the issue of a debris recycling business endangering the health, safety and welfare of residents of Central Cocoanut, little has been done to mitigate the conditions there. Although within the Sarasota city limit, the city has little leverage...

There is a place tucked deep in the Florida wilderness where the moss hangs from the oaks, the river runs slow and wide, and the smell of smoked meat drifts through the warm air before you even find a parking spot. It sits off a bumpy gravel road, far enough from the highway that first-timers sometimes wonder if they...