Sarasota FL

Torburn Partners has secured Whole Foods Market and five additional tenants for its 96-acre Sarasota Square redevelopment, marking a major step in transforming the former indoor mall into a luxury open-air community destination. The Chicago-based firm announced the leases while construction on the retail phase is...

Neil Sims has a vision. He imagines thousands of red drum fish swimming in the open Gulf, the Florida sun glinting off coppery scales. These red drum are farmed, not wild. They circle inside a cylindrical floating cage miles offshore, harvested for America's seafood market. Sims is the founder and...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Sarasota Police Department says it will have extra patrols on duty over the holiday to keep potential drunk drivers off the highways. Police released body camera video of a recent traffic stop where the driver, who introduced himself to officers, was polite enough, but shouldn’t have been...

A 3-year-old boy died after he was struck by a car in a Walmart parking lot in Englewood on Tuesday.

Disturbance: At the end of a night of Halloween festivities, one officer was controlling a female subject as another stood nearby to monitor a forming crowd. Once the scene settled to a degree, the standby officer spoke with a different female subject who advised that her friend — presumably the woman being...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Many people are looking forward to the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush on Black Friday and scooping up some big deals, but in Manatee County, Black Friday is going to the dogs. Literally. The county’s animal shelter is holding its first-ever Black Friday adoption event called The Great...

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Bradenton Police Department is asking for the public's help to identify the suspect in a robbery involving aggravated battery at a park. Officers say this happened before 10:30 p.m. Monday in the Rossi Park parking lot in the area of 3rd Avenue West, where a man told them the suspect approached...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The man serving life in prison for the 1997 Sarasota murder of Sheila Bellush has been denied a motion to throw out his sentence. Jose Luis Del Toro filed the motion earlier this year, arguing an extradition agreement between the Mexican government and the U.S. was not followed.

Animal cruelty remains a painful reality that far too many dogs face every day. Some animals are abandoned, neglected, or mistreated by the very people they should trust most. Their suffering is often unimaginable. In Ruskin, Florida, a tiny Chihuahua mix left locals reeling after being found with his legs...

The redeveloper of the former Sarasota Square Mall has revealed new details of its 96-acre mixed-use project at the corner of U.S. 41 and Beneva Road. Whole Foods Market will anchor Phase One of the retail development, leasing approximately 35,828 square feet of space. Adjacent to Whole Foods, home decor and...