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VENICE — The former Camp Venice RV Resort is the 100th property acquired by Sarasota County though its 25-year-old land management program.

Manatee County’s bustling retail and restaurant scene continues churning out new businesses. Here are some of the latest to open or are planned to open soon: Panera Bread opened at 7815 State Road 64 E. Unit 1 in September. It’s the third Panera cafe for Bradenton. The national chain, which began in the late 1980s as...

Related coverage: Florida enacts Dexter’s and Trooper’s Law to combat animal abuse BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — The Bradenton Police Department said an anonymous tip led officers to a house of starving, neglected dogs last week. An anonymous caller alerted law enforcement to multiple large-breed dogs that looked skinny...

A Central Florida man was arrested for making online threats. 29-year-old Christopher Allen Colontonio, a former employee who was terminated from the Amazon Fulfillment Center located in Ruskin near Tampa, sent two emails threatening the company after his termination, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s...

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia slammed Manatee County government on Thursday, saying it’s spending too much and overtaxing its citizens. Kimberly Kuizon reports.

Chief Troche conducts swearing-in ceremony on Oct. 10. On Friday morning, Oct. 10, Sarasota Police Chief Rex Troche held a ceremony to swear in five new police officers, the Police Department has reported. The event was held at the agency’s headquarters, which stands on Adams Lane in downtown Sarasota, a...

If you’re inside Sarasota’s City Hall building, better hope you can hold it. For more than a year, the city’s first-floor bathrooms have been out of order — and for months now, every toilet in the historic building has been shut down as crews rip out and replace its crumbling plumbing.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Adriana O’Hara, 30, and Timothy Miller, 31, were arrested Oct. 17 on multiple aggravated animal cruelty charges after an anonymous caller reported their dogs appeared “skinny and underfed,” according to the Bradenton Police Department (BPD). On Oct. 14, BPD and Manatee County Animal...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Parc Center for Disabilities will soon be able to accommodate more young kids of varying abilities in its new Children’s Services Center. Parc has a set of programs that help young kids ages 2 months to 5 years old reach their milestones. One of the services is its early intervention...

According to court documents, charges against Giovanny Aldama Garcia, of Ruskin, were dropped this week.