Shoplifting incident leads to friendly footrace between Sarasota deputy, bystander
A shoplifting incident led to a friendly footrace between Sarasota officers and a bystander on Wednesday.
VIRAL VIDEO: Shoplifting call turns into a track meet in Sarasota
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Sarasota County deputy turned a shoplifting call into something out of a track meet, and it’s catching attention across the community. It happened near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Pershing Avenue. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post of the race has gone viral with over...
Florida Diners Are Being Fooled By Their Shrimp Orders
When you go to a Florida restaurant and order what claims to be one kind of shrimp, but actually isn't, you have a right to be upset. Here's what's happening.
Residents don’t like path of Sarasota National road plan, but think it’ll pave through...
VENICE — Residents were overwhelmingly opposed to the concept and plans.
Deadline arrives at St. Pete apartment complex where hundreds face water shut off
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – Water could be shut off for hundreds of residents at an apartment complex in St. Petersburg. Thursday is the deadline for the owners of The Morgan apartments to resolve unpaid water bills. Phoebe Quarterman is among the tenants preparing for the possible water shutoff. According to a...
Neighbors raise concerns over new North Port apartment building
Miami-based Sunexus Group plans on building a new five-story apartment complex off Sumter Boulevard in North Port. Some homeowners say the development will disrupt the neighborhood.
Myakka City is known for its rural nature — and its salt-of-the-earth people
There’s not much “city” in Myakka City. Blink and you might miss it. This modest commercial hub, about 20 miles from Lakewood Ranch, boasts a lone convenience store, a scattering of small businesses and the Silver Star East Restaurant, where pickup trucks fill the parking lot and regulars fill the booths. At chow...
Habitat for Humanity to dedicate 1,000th home
On a cloudy day in the summer of 1986, volunteers and community leaders gathered outside a newly constructed home in St. Petersburg. Among them was Jane Dunaway and her two sons, the family set to receive the first house built by Habitat for Humanity's fledgling Pinellas County chapter. Why it...
Noted Lakewood Ranch architect dies at 68, 18 months after retiring
Besides being a master architect and a personable and caring man, Doug Whitney always seemed to know the right thing to say. His partner for 20 years, Doug DuPouy, knew that better than anyone. "I am the worrier," DuPouy says. "I would be worked up, and he would say, 'Give...
Concession home sells for $6.9 million
A home at 18826 Ganton Avenue in The Concession has become the second highest-priced sale ever in the Lakewood Ranch area. The sale of the estate, which sold for $6.9 million, was announced Wednesday by the Schemmel Soda Group's Donna Soda, who marketed the home. Schemmel Soda is part of Premier Sotheby’s...
