Sarasota FL

Bradenton police say a DNA hit has cracked a months-old school break-in, tying a local man already behind bars to a November burglary at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School. On March 12, 2026, investigators announced that 43-year-old Joshua Wilbar has been charged with burglary after DNA recovered from items at the scene...

VENICE — An arrest has been made in the killing of Patrick Warrick in South Venice nearly a year ago.

Last week, a burger spot with famous family ties opened inside Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. Wahlburgers, a national chain based out of Massachusetts and owned by brothers Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg, specializes in premium Angus burgers with sides like parmesan truffle tots and crispy fried pickles....

Fresh pineapple, yellow onions and free-range chicken filled the shelves of Margie’s Market ahead of its March 10 grand opening in Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood. Inside the small grocery-style market on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, rows of fresh produce, dairy, meat and pantry staples are arranged much like they...

A new restaurant is planned for a bustling area of Manatee and Sarasota counties. Just Salad, which began in 2006 in New York City, is renovating a space inside The Market at University Town Center shopping plaza, according to paperwork filed with Manatee County Development Services. The roughly 2,000-square-foot...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - At least one person was injured in a major crash on I-75 southbound, near University Parkway. Live FDOT cameras show what appears to be a pickup truck on the hood of another vehicle. The live feed also showed one individual loaded into an ambulance on...

A 13,500 square foot retail building and a one time 99-room hotel are part of an assemblage that’s for sale in Sarasota. The asking price is $25 million. The property, located at 1425-1427 South Tamiami Trail, is just south of Sarasota Memorial Hospital and is being marketed as a as a mixed-use redevelopment...

There is a waterfront restaurant on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida that keeps pulling people back, again and again, and it is not hard to understand why. Fresh seafood with Caribbean and Southern twists, live music drifting through an open-air garden, and a menu so wide that choosing just one dish feels almost...

When Sarasota city commissioners approved expanding the city's ordinance governing vacation rentals from the barrier islands to citywide in February 2024, they were under the impression the ordinance included all single-family residential neighborhoods. Because the ordinance is zone-based rather than applicable to...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Sarasota woman was found guilty of making violent threats against MAGA supporters in a video posted to TikTok. According to the Department of Justice, a federal judge found 41-year-old Desiree Doreen Segari guilty of interstate communication of a threat to injure. On Aug. 17,...