Sarasota FL

The Bradenton Police Department is pleased to report an overall 10% reduction in crime in 2025, reflecting the continued efforts of officers, detectives, and community partners to keep our city safe. Several major crime categories saw significant decreases last year, including a 26% reduction in burglaries, a 46%...

Longboat Key allows solar panels, but there was nothing in town code regulating the power-generating technology. At Monday’s Town Commission meeting, Longboat Key commissioners approved on first reading an ordinance that would define what is and is not allowed when it comes to solar panel installations. The town’s...

VENICE — Some city employees who had their schedules changed last year failed to persuade the City Council to change them back Tuesday.

A new Sarasota County restaurant is serving Southern comfort food in an iconic building. Bruce and Heidi Smith already knew they had a crowd-pleasing menu when they opened The Island Chick-N-Shack in early February. Their concept of serving fresh, hand-breaded chicken tenders on the Chick-N-Nooga food truck had...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Residents in the West Manatee Fire and Rescue District rejected a property tax hike Tuesday in a referendum vote. Voters were asked to approve a 1-mill annual ad valorem tax on real property to fund fire control and rescue services, infrastructure and facilities, including emergency...

BRADENTON, Fla. — A narcotics search warrant turned deadly Tuesday morning when a SWAT officer shot and killed a man inside a Bradenton duplex, according to police. The man’s family says they are struggling to understand why the encounter ended in gunfire. The shooting happened around 9:40 a.m....

A 14-year-old was cited Wednesday after deputies say their helicopter spotted him recklessly driving an e-moto through a school zone.

Sarasota County, Florida — A Florida grandmother has been arrested after authorities say she stabbed her 76-year-old roommate to death, then fled the scene in the victim’s pickup truck following an argument. Investigators with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office say 48-year-old Shannon Giblin was taken into custody...

In response to the recent article on the effort to stop speeding drivers in Southwest Florida, I had to laugh (" The race to stop super speeders ," March 8). There is no stopping speeding drivers in Sarasota . There's the "Clark Road 500." There's the "Beneva Road 500." There's the "Bee Ridge Road 500." We need...

When the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office gets a call that an alligator needs to be wrangled or loose livestock needs to be herded in Myakka City, Sgt. Rob Hendrickson is sent to the scene. Counties throughout Florida have officers like Hendrickson who get the call on special cases that...