Sarasota FL

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an editorial that Pine View journalism students could not get approved for publication

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Pete's Sunday Market is back. After taking a short hiatus in January, the market opened Sunday morning at its new home at USF St. Pete downtown. Since starting in 2023, the market has built a reputation for giving local businesses a chance to thrive.

After a unanimous recommendation for denial by the planning commission, Manatee County commissioners approved an 80-home development along 18th Avenue East near its intersection with Morgan Johnson Road. Bradenton Estates II was approved at Thursday’s land use meeting in a 4-3 vote with commissioners Bob McCann,...

Improve local streets signs, road striping I wish to call the attention of our Sarasota and Manatee County commissioners to an increasing safety hazard. I hope they will put some attention into fixing the issue. I am talking about street signing and roadway striping. Over the past few years, signing has badly...

NORTH PORT — On a January day in 2008, Denise Amber Lee was kidnapped from her home and later killed by Michael King.

FLORIDA — A heavier band of rain is now pushing into areas south of I-4, with radar showing the most intense downpours lining up across the Tampa Bay region and stretching into parts of west-central Florida. Where the Heaviest Rain Is Showing Up Right Now. Radar imagery shows a...

BRADENTON, Fla. — For Janet Rumig of Sarasota, the bowling alley is a second home. She is so comfortable walking up to the lane that it is hard to tell this is a competition, specifically the Gulf Coast Games for Life. “I think I am the only person in...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A cold front is heading our way today and tonight, bringing gusty winds this afternoon and a line of storms that will move through the Suncoast in the middle of the night. Winds pick up during the morning, gusting out of the south and southeast winds of 25 to 35 mph as the front approaches....

VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - Hundreds of participants hit the streets Sunday morning for the ninth annual Ride or Stride for a Better Community, raising $130,000 for local nonprofits serving Venice and south Sarasota County. The event, hosted by the Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation, offered participants three...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - For the past four decades, people have gathered in one of Florida’s last true fishing villages for a commercial fishing festival celebrating the history of Cortez Village and supporting local fishermen and women who provide fresh local seafood. The 44th annual Commercial Fishing Festival...