Sarasota FL

Parks and Recreation wants to energize Sarasota’s ‘well-kept secret’. Host: Sarasota’s North Water Tower Park is a well-kept secret. Tucked between the North Tamiami Trail and Old Bradenton Road, the L-shaped 4-acre oak forest—interspersed with pastures—is hiding behind rows of single-family homes and now a rising...

Buyers of new homes on the Suncoast have little choice but to pay taxes to developer-controlled neighborhoods. Host: An analysis by Suncoast Searchlight reveals that buyers in this region have little choice but to live in neighborhoods controlled and taxed by real estate developers. Derek Gilliam reports. Derek...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Last Sunday we hit 96° at SRQ. Today we’re closer to average in the low 90s. Thunderstorm chances are low today. Saturday’s storms were limited, producing only a Trace at SRQ (less than 0.01”), while Lakewood Ranch received a third of an inch (0.33), and Nokomis just over a half inch (0.55”).

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Arrests have been made in the shooting death of a man in St. Petersburg. On Tuesday night, July 29, police responded to reports of a shooting in the 1200 block of 9th Avenue South. Officers found Reginald L. Booth, 39, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was...

BRADENTON — The Bradenton City Council has selected a new council member to serve the City of Bradenton's Ward 3. The appointment of Kemp Schuessler was approved in a 3-1 vote during the July 23 city council meeting and sworn into office the same day. The City Council’s Ward...

When you say “spa,” what comes to mind? Serenity. Healing. Luxury. Those images, however, echo a tradition stretching back centuries—from the sun-warmed thermae of ancient Rome to the mineral pools of Bath, the thermal baths of Budapest, and today, upscale sanctuaries like the Revive Spa at Marriott and MassageLuXe...

The unconventional spectacle known as the Florida Man Games is heading to Bradenton in 2026, where The Freedom Factory will serve as the new battleground for a series of outlandish competitions that have garnered national attention; the event's shift in location comes after two years at its inaugural site of St....

In an action that highlights a concerning blend of youth and illicit armaments, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reports the apprehension of a 17-year-old in possession of an illegal arms cache. Christian Galvan Lumbreras of Wimauma was taken into custody after law enforcement officials, supported by their...

Venice has canals. Sarasota has the Gulf. But both, apparently, now share a flair for high-priced grandeur. Serenissima, a 19,300-square-foot homage to old-world Italy perched on 145 feet of Longboat Key beachfront, has just sold for $30.3 million in cash—a new residential record for the region and a reminder that,...

From a budget standpoint, Sarasota County and its non-board-controlled constitutional offices — the supervisor of elections, tax collector, property appraiser, sheriff’s office, public defender, state attorney and clerk’s office — have been living quite well for the past several years.