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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Memorial’s Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute is adding a new noninvasive treatment for certain liver tumors, hospital officials announced Wednesday. The Edison Histotripsy System uses focused ultrasound waves to target and destroy liver tumors without surgical cuts or incisions, accord

A middle school teacher in Florida — apparently frustrated with a misbehaving student — repeatedly asked students "who wants to slap him," which resulted in a child striking the boy, according to cops. Judith Clark, 64, stands accused of child abuse without great bodily harm. The Manatee County...

You drink too much Fireball in college, you throw up and you eventually move on from that nightmarish cinnamon whiskey. That’s what usually happens (at least in this one writer’s experience), and then you’re off the stuff forever. Well, unless you’re this Florida woman with a recent DUI arrest that’s going viral for al

A man died in Manatee County after he drove off the road and collided with an overpass column, the Florida Highway Patrol said. At 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, a 25-year-old man from Orlando was driving his 2024 white Toyota Camry on Interstate 75, approaching mile marker 228, according to FHP. The man failed to properly fo

SOUTH FLORIDA — The National Weather Service Miami issued a significant precipitation outlook on May 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM, warning that near record atmospheric moisture arriving across South Florida at the end of the month could produce likely above normal precipitation from May 28 through June 3, 2026. The Climate Pred

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Police are investigating after a woman fired multiple shots into an unoccupied vehicle Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened just after 4:30 p.m. in the 1800 block of 33rd Street, according to the Sarasota Police Department. No one was injured. Detectives said the suspect, described only as

A 21-year-old University of South Florida student, Lauryn Akey, was killed early Sunday when the Florida Highway Patrol says a drunk driver who was traveling the wrong way on I-75, struck her vehicle. The driver, Dennis Lee Olson, 53, is being held without bond in Charlotte County on charges including...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Senior advocates and locals are speaking out after a Sarasota caregiver was arrested in a case investigators say involves the financial exploitation of an elderly woman. “It’s deplorable that they don’t have stronger laws yet,” said Graeme Dawson, a member of Senior Friendship Centers....

A 7-Eleven is being planned for the southwest corner of 44th Avenue East and White Eagle Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch to the dismay and disdain of many surrounding residents. The property’s zoning allows for a gas station and convenience store, so there will be no public hearing on the matter.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A North Port woman is accused of using an elderly Venice woman’s credit card to make nearly $1,000 in unauthorized Amazon purchases while working as her caretaker, according to a Sarasota County probable cause affidavit. The affidavit names Taylor Leann Blair, 34, as the defendant...