Sarasota FL

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A teacher accused of inappropriately touching multiple students at two Sarasota County schools is set to face a jury by the end of the year. Cobie Bradley is charged with multiple sex crimes occurring at two different Suncoast schools. His trial is set to start in December.

A Villager was arrested after allegedly pursuing her ex-husband at the pickleball courts at a recreation center. Bonnie Burgess, 74, of the Village of El Cortez, was arrested this past Sunday after showing up at the pickleball courts at the La Hacienda Recreation Center, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.

VENICE, Fla. - A man accused of damaging more than $500 worth of merchandise by urinating on it earlier this month has been arrested. Police said a man walked into a business on W. Venice Avenue on April 4 around 4:40 p.m., walked to the back of the store and urinated on merchandise.

Lawyers are raising serious concerns about what they allege is unethical conduct by Pam Bondi, former Florida Attorney General and until her recent dismissal, U.S. Attorney General, in a formal complaint to the Florida Bar and amid growing scrutiny within the legal community of alumni of her alma mater, Stetson Law School in Gulfport, Florida.

Walking through the construction that is the initial phase of the revived Bath + Racquet Residents & Club belies the goal of occupancy by its first residents in only a few months. It’s an out-of-the-ordinary fusion of a residential development and private racket club, the site layout and design seamlessly...

SARASOTA, Fla. — At 88, Dottie Weil still reports to work full-time at Angel’s Attic, a small Sarasota storefront that gives free clothing and other essentials to people rebuilding their lives. “I live in a senior center. What do you do there? You sit. God put me here...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A 15-year-old Parrish High School student was injured in a crash involving a vehicle just after 7 a.m. at the school, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The student was flown to Blake Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, FHP said. Few other details were immediately released. In a...

When Kevin Daves arrived in Sarasota in the early 1990s, he saw opportunity in what was missing — a luxury waterfront hotel in downtown, recognizing that potential in what is now The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota at the former location of the John Ringling Towers. Expanding the Ritz-Carlton brand here, he...

Open Mon 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Tue-Thu 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM | Fri 11:30 AM - 12:00 AM | Sat 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM | Sun 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM. Pizza in St. Petersburg is serious business, and Noble Crust has quietly become the place locals crave.

Florida has long laid claim to the title, “golf capital of the world.” Take a drive anywhere in the state and you’ll see it printed on plenty of license plates. No other part of the country has more courses. As of February 2025, the total count is at 1,264, which is over 300 more than California’s next-closest 955, per the National Golf Foundation...