Sarasota FL

Nearly 3,000 gifts were presented to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office in the first 15 days of December, a record for the law-enforcement agency’s ninth annual toy drive. Citizens, businesses, staff of the sheriff’s department and others donated toys and gift cards to benefit the children enrolled in...

BRADENTON, Fla. (CBS12) — A Florida teen with a rare condition had her 174-pound leg removed in a life-altering surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. The brave teen, 14-year-old Jasmine Ramirez, is at the beginning of a long recovery process and is expected to remain in the hospital for several months.

SARASOTA, Fla. – A two-day tactical operation targeting holiday shoplifters in one of Sarasota’s busiest retail corridors resulted in nearly a dozen arrests and shed light on a group of suspects with extensive criminal histories. Between December 18 and 19, 2025, units from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office...

If it feels like Florida alligator stories are becoming a weekly tradition, Sarasota County is doing its part to keep that streak alive. Sheriff’s deputies there are getting remarkably skilled at removing massive gators from places they definitely don’t belong — thanks to a lot of recent practice.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - An Air Force veteran and his family received the keys to a mortgage-free home earlier this week. The home was given to U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Kevin Wallace and his wife, Lauren, during a patriotic ceremony in North Port on Thursday, December 18th.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The St. Petersburg Police Department said the body of a man was found inside a sunken pickup truck in St. Pete Saturday morning. Police said that at 7:15 a.m., a 2012 white Ford F250 driven by David Hawkins Jr., 35, was traveling east on 62nd Avenue Northeast when it went through the...

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (WWSB) - On Thursday, December 18, Goodwill Manasota opened its new Longboat Key Bookstore & Attended Donation Center (ADC), the fourth in its territory. The brand-new facility is located at the Brista Commons Shopping Center. 3160 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. The new bookstore is roughly...

A Florida woman is facing homicide charges after investigators say she allegedly shot and killed two of her former husbands in separate counties within hours of each other.

SARASOTA — Interested in birding from Sarasota to Key West to St. Augustine to Panama City?

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WWSB) - A 19-year-old Englewood motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon when he collided with an SUV in Charlotte County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators say the motorcycle was traveling south on El Jobean Road shortly after 1 p.m. at a high rate of speed. As he...