Sarasota FL

14,000 gallons of raw wastewater spilled into Sarasota Bay on Sunday at West John Ringling Causeway Park.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota County Fire Department crews responded to a structure fire in the 1700 block of Benjamin Franklin Drive on Tuesday afternoon. The call came in at approximately 3:32 p.m. Firefighters reported a working fire and called a second alarm. The fire was reported under control at...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Agape Flights has scheduled a celebration of life for pilots Patrick Decker and Kory Elleby, who the Venice-based nonprofit said were killed in a plane crash in Haiti. The service is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Venice Presbyterian Church, according to a...

Manatee County’s Parrish area continues to gain commercial momentum with the announced addition of a major grocery retailer slated for construction later this year. According to recently filed Manatee County development paperwork, a new ALDI grocery store is planned in Parrish Lakes East, bringing another...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A man accused of driving his car into a Bradenton nursing home and firing at deputies is scheduled to go to trial April 20. Investigators say Sean Calcutty drove his vehicle into the entrance of Aspire at Palmasola Bay in May 2024 in an attempt to enter the building.

Allman Brothers Band’s co-founder, the late “Ramblin’ Man” Dickey Betts, will be honored in his home state of Florida with a namesake stretch of memorial highway on U.S. Route 41, located in Sarasota County. The decision came on Wednesday, February 25, when the Florida House passed...

Lily Z. Yard, 27, was found dead in her Florida residence last month

VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - A worker in Venice was airlifted to a hospital Monday after he fell from a roof, Venice Fire Rescue said. Crews responded to a 911 call at 12:10 p.m. to the Farley Funeral Home on S. Nokomis Avenue. A man working on the electrical system had...

Sarasota police investigated the recent death of a Venice man, age 30, who died from an apparent overdose at Jungle Hideaway, a bar on South Tamiami Trail. The man's name has not been released because the completion of the case report remains pending. The man's family was notified Feb. 14. Sarasota police detectives...

The Protect Siesta Key annual meeting provided a forum for incumbents Joe Neunder and Mark Smith, as well as newcomer Kristina Sargent. Siesta Key is easy to love. However, protecting the key is significantly more complicated. Nearly 200 people gathered, both in person and via Zoom, Feb. 4, for the...