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VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - The Ukrainian Christmas Festival brought the community together with a celebration of Ukrainian culture, featuring traditional art, music and holiday customs. The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Chapter 56, hosted its annual Ukrainian Christmas Festival on Saturday, Dec. 6, at...

Step onto the platform at the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish and you’ll swear you can feel the decades rolling backward like the wheels of a vintage caboose. This isn’t just another museum with static displays behind glass – it’s a portal to an era when steam and steel transformed America.

VENICE — A man who allegedly walked in on a woman at home and said he thought she wanted company was arrested and charged with attempted burglary of an occupied dwelling.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A pickup truck caught fire around 12 p.m., on Interstate 75. The incident happened at mile marker 219. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Firefighters are currently on scene and have put out the fire. There have been no reports of injuries...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Pete man is facing charges after an arrest affidavit reveals he "tortured" and killed his pet birds. Officials say this happened after 9 p.m. Saturday in the area of 21st Street South when two St. Pete police officers responded to the home of 39-year-old Bradley Walters.

We sometimes poke fun at the Florida man, but we can't help but admire the eight who bravely removed a massive alligator from a southwest Florida road. Earlier this week, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office shared a video of seven deputies and one skilled trapper lifting a 14-foot, 600-pound alligator off the road.

The enormous waterfront mansion in Sarasota was inspired by the opulent villas that line Lake Como in Italy.

SARASOTA, Fla. - Last summer, staff at Sarasota Art Museum asked a simple question: "Why should kids have all the fun?" The answer spawned the "Young at Art" program. " 'Young at Art' is meant to allow adults who still have a creative mind, a creative spirit, to come in and participate in many different types of...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The process underway in Sarasota County turns wastewater into something useful by reducing the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus from reclaimed water. Sarasota County has been working on improving that process at its Bee Ridge facility for the past several years. It's something environmentalists have...

Crowds filled the street the night of Dec. 6 as the public prepared for the lighting of the Christmas tree at Selby Five Points Park. It was the second year for the Downtown Improvement District's (DID) new, larger Christmas tree at the location, and the lighting was part of the Fresh Fridays Light Up the Night block...