Sarasota FL

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota city commissioners voted Monday to allow their city attorney to investigate a recycling plant near the downtown area, following complaints from residents in surrounding neighborhoods. Residents in neighborhoods including the Cocoanut and Newtown historic districts said the plant has...

SARASOTA, Fla — Police were on patrol in downtown Sarasota last week when they got a call about an unusual suspect: a pot-bellied pig wandering alone. Officers found the roughly 100-pound "thrill-seeking swine" around 1:30 a.m. Friday, roaming around the area of 4th Street between Lemon Avenue and Central Avenue....

A man who was wanted for a Pennsylvania homicide and in a Sarasota burglary was seen on bodycam video pulling a gun on deputies trying to arrest him. Brian Hewson, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, resisted arrest and pulled out a gun, pointed at a deputy and pulled the trigger when a STAR member...

If you love the thrill of the hunt, the Red Barn Flea Market in Bradenton is your happy place. Part open air bazaar, part indoor marketplace, it is packed with vendors, flavors, and finds you did not know you needed. You can browse for hours, snack your way through the food court, and still feel like there is more to...

Florida mornings hit different when you find a breakfast spot that feels like home cooking and vacation indulgence teamed up on the same plate. There’s a place where early risers gather with the confidence of people who already know something delicious is about to happen. You might think you’re just stopping in for a...

14,000 gallons of raw wastewater spilled into Sarasota Bay on Sunday at West John Ringling Causeway Park.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota County Fire Department crews responded to a structure fire in the 1700 block of Benjamin Franklin Drive on Tuesday afternoon. The call came in at approximately 3:32 p.m. Firefighters reported a working fire and called a second alarm. The fire was reported under control at...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Agape Flights has scheduled a celebration of life for pilots Patrick Decker and Kory Elleby, who the Venice-based nonprofit said were killed in a plane crash in Haiti. The service is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Venice Presbyterian Church, according to a...

Welcome shoppers! A newly renovated Publix supermarket in Florida is reopening on March 5, the Lakeland-based company announced on its website . The existing store in Clearwater, originally renovated from an Albertson's store in 2009, was demolished to be rebuilt in the popular grocery chain's new shopper-friendly...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - St. Stephen’s Episcopal School is offering grief support to students following the deaths of two of its students, Josh and Emma James, who were killed by their mother in a Lakewood Ranch home. The mother also died in what authorities are investigating as a murder-suicide.