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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee County calls for applicants for $550,000 housing repair assistance program. Manatee County is urging eligible residents to apply soon for more than $550,000 in housing rehabilitation and replacement assistance aimed at low- and very low-income households, with applications due by April 29. Manatee County...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Crews extinguished a garage fire at an Englewood home on Wednesday night. According to the Englewood Area Fire Control District, crews responded to a reported fire in the 2100 block of Michigan Avenue in Grove City. Units arrived and found a fire in the garage. Crews...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A car ended up stuck in the mud halfway in a retention pond off West University Parkway on Thursday morning. The crash happened around 6:45 a.m. across from the Justin Warehouse Park. Deputies confirmed the driver was the only one in the car and was not...

ENGLEWOOD — Abandoned for years and pummeled by hurricanes, Englewood's former Checkers fast-food restaurant finally came down this week.

BRADENTON, Fla. — A Minnesota man arrested in connection with a romance scam targeting an elderly Florida resident has been convicted and ordered to pay restitution, according to the Bradenton Police Department. Benjamin Yakah was sentenced after pleading no contest to grand theft involving between $20,000 and $100,000. A judge The post Minnesota Man Convicted in Romance Scam Targeting Elderly Florida Victim first appeared on...

Breaking Local News (Tampa Free Press) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg police are currently...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee County Utilities plans to shut off water Friday in part of the Palma Sola area for a fire hydrant installation. The planned outage is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 17, according to a county water-off notice issued Thursday. Affected areas include:

The City of Bradenton’s wastewater infrastructure is a large and complex network, comprising more than 270 miles of pipe, including 65 miles of aging clay and cast-iron lines, 64 lift stations, and a Water Reclamation Facility that treats millions of gallons each day. Much of this infrastructure is aging, and addressing it is one of the most important responsibilities we have to our...

A Palmetto man is headed to prison for more than a decade after he shot a man to death at a homeless camp. A Manatee County judge sentenced 30-year-old Eric Lee Pompey Jr. to 15 years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation on Wednesday after he previously pleaded guilty in January to second-degree murder with a firearm in the...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - The man who killed a woman in a DUI crash on Cortez Road in 2024 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Cesar Navarrete, now 27, pleaded no contest to all charges Thursday and was found guilty and sentenced in Manatee County Circuit Court by Judge Frederick Mercurio, court records show.