Sarasota FL

Manatee County’s Parrish area continues to gain commercial momentum with the announced addition of a major grocery retailer slated for construction later this year. According to recently filed Manatee County development paperwork, a new ALDI grocery store is planned in Parrish Lakes East, bringing another...

Twenty-three years after Denisha Williams was found dead in her Bradenton apartment, her killing remains unsolved and her case is still officially open with city detectives. Williams was discovered in 2003 inside her home at 1909 5th Street West, where investigators say she suffered multiple injuries. Detectives...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A man accused of driving his car into a Bradenton nursing home and firing at deputies is scheduled to go to trial April 20. Investigators say Sean Calcutty drove his vehicle into the entrance of Aspire at Palmasola Bay in May 2024 in an attempt to enter the building.

The sheriff's office said Brian Hewson pulled out a gun, pointed it directly at the deputy and pulled the trigger.

Allman Brothers Band’s co-founder, the late “Ramblin’ Man” Dickey Betts, will be honored in his home state of Florida with a namesake stretch of memorial highway on U.S. Route 41, located in Sarasota County. The decision came on Wednesday, February 25, when the Florida House passed...

Lily Z. Yard, 27, was found dead in her Florida residence last month

BRADENTON, Fla. - A Sarasota man was killed, and two other people were seriously injured after a crash on Sunday afternoon in Bradenton, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to investigators, a 19-year-old Bradenton man was driving a Ford Mustang westbound on 53rd Avenue West. What we know:. As...

VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - A worker in Venice was airlifted to a hospital Monday after he fell from a roof, Venice Fire Rescue said. Crews responded to a 911 call at 12:10 p.m. to the Farley Funeral Home on S. Nokomis Avenue. A man working on the electrical system had...

Sarasota police investigated the recent death of a Venice man, age 30, who died from an apparent overdose at Jungle Hideaway, a bar on South Tamiami Trail. The man's name has not been released because the completion of the case report remains pending. The man's family was notified Feb. 14. Sarasota police detectives...

The Protect Siesta Key annual meeting provided a forum for incumbents Joe Neunder and Mark Smith, as well as newcomer Kristina Sargent. Siesta Key is easy to love. However, protecting the key is significantly more complicated. Nearly 200 people gathered, both in person and via Zoom, Feb. 4, for the...