Sarasota FL

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Police want to warn drivers of a road closure. A portion of S. Osprey Avenue, between Main Street and Ringling Blvd, will be closed through May 30, for underground road work. This closure will impact traffic traveling northbound from Mound Street. Expect delays in the...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A weak cold front will move through the area on Wednesday morning bringing only a few clouds and some slightly drier air. It will turn breezy during the afternoon after the front moves through the area. Those winds will turn to the NW at 10-15 mph during the late afternoon and then quickly...

St. Petersburg, FL – A fatal crash involving a motorcyclist occurred at the intersection of 40th Avenue North and Park Street North on Monday, April 14, 2025, at approximately 3:41 p.m. in St. Petersburg. Christian O’Donnell, 25, was operating a green Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle southbound on Park Street North...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A car fire ignited brush along northbound I-75 two miles north of Kings Highway, backing up traffic for several hours Tuesday. The brush fire started shortly before 3:30 p.m. east of I-75 in North Port off Blue Leaf Drive. Charlotte County Safety officials say crews responded...

Several construction phases are planned to improve I-4 in Florida, with one project opening eight months ahead of schedule.

Citizen Assist: A homeowner called the Longboat Key PD to report property damage caused by a construction company. At the scene, the officer located workers of the company who had a barge tied to the caller’s property. The workers admitted they did not have permission to use the dock and empty lot to move equipment...

A man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his girlfriend and her mother dismembered one of the victims, a newly released affidavit says.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WWSB) - A Sarasota County man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a knife attack at a Port Charlotte supermarket. Jammacar Rodkesh Gayle was sentenced for Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon or Great Bodily Harm and will have to serve 3 years of probation after he gets out.

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information In a unanimous vote today, the Florida House Health and Human Services Committee approved a bill that would waive medical marijuana card fees for veterans and extend the validity of all cards from one year to two. House Bill 555 would eliminate the state’s fee for...