Sarasota FL

Residents of the University Town Center (UTC) area in Sarasota have noticed an unusual increase in police presence recently. The sudden surge in law enforcement officers patrolling the streets at all hours has sparked curiosity and speculation among the locals. They are wondering if there's a special operation...

Last year, when Superintendent Terry Connor handed Kelly Rozelle a bouquet of flowers and announced her as a finalist for Teacher of the Year, the Venice High School teacher could only shake her head and say, “I am in total shock.” She was still processing it all when, just a few weeks later, she was named Sarasota...

State troopers say a Florida man is accused of fatally shooting his two brothers during a dispute at a remote hunting cabin in Allegany County. New York State Police investigators in Amity report that 65-year-old Scot Thompson, of Englewood, Florida, was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of second-degree...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — The Charlotte County Department of Motor Vehicles in the Mac V. Horton West County Annex in Englewood was briefly closed on Nov. 25 after a car ran into the building. The van damaged the side of the building and left a hole; however, there was no...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Nicholas Zotto was sentenced Monday afternoon to five years of probation and 150 hours of community service for aggravated animal cruelty. Zotto was found guilty in September after a video posted to social media appeared to show him striking a dog named Grizzly in a play area at his pet...

Citizen assist: Police were called about a missing vehicle on a Saturday afternoon. When police arrived to the caller’s home, a man told police that his wife, 92, drove her car off the island yesterday, but returned in a sheriff deputy’s car. Her car, meanwhile, had been left at a gas station. The brand of gas...

Thanksgiving week is here. As residents of Bradenton and Manatee County prepare their turkeys and enjoy holiday celebrations, they should also be aware of adjusted waste collection schedules and government building closures. Residents of Bradenton, Palmetto and unincorporated Manatee County will not have their trash...

A Bradenton man is set to spend the next two decades in prison for a 2024 crash on U.S. 301 that killed a 71-year-old woman and injured several others, according to court records. A judge sentenced 38-year-old Aramis Jerome Harrison to 20 years in state prison after prosecutors said he sped through a red light after...

A state investigation is underway after a 51-year-old man died shortly after Bradenton police took him into protective custody under Florida’s Baker Act, according to the department. Police said officers responded to the Wawa at 701 First St. E. after they received a 911 call from Todd Donahue, who reported that “the...

The city is reviewing plans for a new hotel at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Making its first appearance before the Sarasota Development Review Committee on Nov. 19 is Kompose Hotel, a 60-room, four-story hotel on a 2.25-acre vacant lot between University Parkway and Rental Car Road. Accessory uses will...