Sarasota FL

SARASOTA, FL — Coastal Grind Coffee is preparing to open its first brick-and-mortar location in Sarasota in early February at 2661 Mall Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231. Owner Rebecca Drescher, who is opening the café alongside her husband, Robert Foster, told Business Debut the team is targeting the first or second week of...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) - A Florida teen’s medical journey has marked a major milestone with a life-saving surgery. Jasmine Ramirez, 14, got a chance to ring the bell at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg last month, signifying the completion of treatment and the beginning of a new...

A Customs and Border Protection hiring event in Florida drew protester in addition to job seekers Tuesday.

NORTH PORT — The city of North Port, City Manager Jerome Fletcher and Vice Mayor Barbara Langdon have been dismissed from a lawsuit related to a local radio station.

A fugitive wanted out of Manatee County in connection with a 2019 murder was found in another country.

The Sarasota County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on January 27 at the Robert L. Anderson Building in Venice to weigh land use changes for the Winchester Ranch community planned off River Road, between Englewood and North Port. The team behind Wellen Park wants to shift most of this...

A Manatee County school bus carrying four students was involved in a South Bradenton crash on Tuesday, Jan. 13. The school bus was stopped facing northbound in the outside travel lane of U.S. 31 and Orlando Avenue, waiting to make a right turn at 7:00 a.m. A GMC van was traveling northbound in the center,...

HILLSBORURGH COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputy appeared in a Manatee County courtroom today facing DUI charges. Shannon McBride, 60, has worked for the Sheriff’s Department for seven years and was most recently assigned as a jail detention deputy. Manatee County sheriffs responded...

Manatee County is on the hunt for four civic-minded individuals to provide oversight for its Infrastructure Sales Tax spending. These roles are part of an advisory committee formed to ensure that taxpayer money is being put to good use. The half-cent sales tax was greenlighted by voters back in 2016, and the...

In the case of the group performing for attendees from The Education Center last weekend, that would be a classically trained musician who melds celebratory Jewish folk music with Texan music influences. As center Program Director Susan Goldfarb said in her introduction of the group, she didn't know whether yamakas...