Sarasota FL

Kianna Ferrazzani is currently training for a marathon, but she thought the Education Foundation's Ringling Bridge Run would offer a way to prepare. She came in as first place overall female winner during the 10K race at the event, which was held April 26. "There's a lot of really competitive...

PALMETTO, Fla. - The Green Bridge remains the connector from Palmetto to Bradenton, but lately, the commute across the water is offering more than just a view of the Manatee River. On 22 light poles across the bridge, the American flag now flies proudly. It is catching the attention of...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Two neighboring school districts on the Suncoast are heading in very different directions when it comes to staffing classrooms. In Manatee County, the school district is working to fill hundreds of open positions. Meanwhile, in Sarasota County, officials are preparing to cut jobs due to budget challenges and shifting enrollment.

Wellen Park continues to rank among the fastest-selling master-planned communities in the U.S., earning the No. 8 spot for 2025 in RCLCO Real Estate Advisors’ annual Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities.

Mookie’s Deep Love Affair With Paula in Cortez, Florida. A Suncoast Story About Friendship, Alzheimer’s, and the Healing Power of a Small Dog. In the tight-knit fishing village of Cortez, where sunsets paint the sky over Sarasota Bay and neighbors quickly become family, some stories quietly unfold that remind us what truly matters.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Today: It’s been another beautiful day on the Suncoast! Isolated storm and shower activity has popped off in our inland locations with that rainfall being heavy at times! Great news for thirsty lawns. Tonight: Tonight will be partly cloudy with low temperatures in the low...

Dozens of residents gathered inside a quiet, gated subdivision off Tatum Road last week, many dressed in yellow golf shirts, to protest a plan they fear could transform their rural corner of east Sarasota County. They came in waves — retirees in polos, young families in T-shirts and jeans —...

In the front yard of the three-story pink house that fronts the Sleepy Lagoon neighborhood, multiple boats have sat unmoved for months, and weeds are sprouting under and around a trailer. Landscaping is in rough shape in general, a boat has sunk in the canal and the pool out back is no longer blue.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - An estimated 100,000 people are expected to line Manatee Avenue for the DeSoto Grand Parade. Organizers say more than 150 floats will enter this year’s parade. One of the floats will be from the Krewe of F-Troop Tampa, a non-profit known for their float “Fort Courage,” a reference to the 1960s military sitcom F-Troop.

Please, Sarasota city commissioners, vote "No" on the proposed 1260 N. Palm Ave condo project . It is completely out of place for that area. It would be just one more bloated condo building hellbent on destroying any charm that is left in Sarasota. If we had wanted to live in Fort Lauderdale, we would have moved there in the first place. Save Sarasota before...