Sarasota FL

Intercoastal Medical Group patients in Sarasota and Manatee counties enrolled in an Aetna Medicare Advantage plan recently received notice the insurance company has dropped the medical group from its coverage beginning Dec. 1. What it means is patients with any of the eight Aetna Medicare Advantage plans who see the...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WKRC) - A man who impersonated Elon Musk in a $600,000 financial scheme has learned his fate. According to WWSB, Jeffrey Moynihan was sentenced after he pleaded no contest to multiple charges on Thursday. The report states that Moynihan defrauded an elderly woman out of $600,000 after he...

WELLEN PARK — When Sarasota County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived at SCF-Venice on Tuesday for a report of a possible shooter on campus, deputies did not know who they were looking for, nor did they know in what buildings students were taking classes.

Scientists have created an AI system that predicts red tide blooms along Southwest Florida's coast with striking precision. The system scans waters from Venice to Estero Bay each week, giving officials time to plan for these toxic outbreaks. Miles Medina of Ecco Scientific built this prediction tool. "What we set...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Over the weekend of Oct.17- Oct. 19, downtown Sarasota had three days of music, food, drinks and community with ROCKtoberfest. ROCKtoberfest is downtown Sarasota’s family-friendly event with free live music and unique local vendors. The event took place along the Sarasota Bayfront and is an...

If you’re inside Sarasota’s City Hall building, better hope you can hold it. For more than a year, the city’s first-floor bathrooms have been out of order — and for months now, every toilet in the historic building has been shut down as crews rip out and replace its crumbling plumbing.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 19-year-old died after he collided with a trailer being pulled by a truck in St. Petersburg. Caidyn Reese Knuth was riding his electric bike just after 6 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of 32nd Avenue North and Hartford Street North. At the same time, a grey Ford F-150 pulling a lawn...

A familiar local name is spreading its wings — literally. Jaxx Sportsbar & Grill, a well-loved neighborhood spot near the Palmetto Walmart, has announced plans to open a second location called Jaxx Wing Co. The new restaurant is moving into the former Gianni’s Pizza Express space at 4927 96th St E, Palmetto, in The...

Jill Martini, combining her passions for interior design and the event industry, has just launched her newest business, The Cottage Conservatory—an intimate, boutique-style venue for private events and community gatherings. Martini attended Ringling College of Art and Design, which brought her to the Sarasota area,...

A Bradenton man accused of killing a woman he was romantically involved with changed his story several times before blood and phone records linked him to her death, police say. Detectives said the case began Sept. 28 after a 911 caller reported a vehicle had crashed into a mailbox on Eighth Avenue East and that the...