Sarasota FL

After the completion of two visioning sessions regarding the future of St. Armands Circle, city of Sarasota staff will continue to execute the wishlist generated, with the promise of continuing coordination with stakeholders. The second and final visioning session was held April 13, with facilitator David Brain leading the audience...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The future of a well-known cluster of businesses along Fruitville Road is now uncertain, as a proposed redevelopment project could bring major changes to the area. Dozens of concerned business owners gathered Tuesday evening at the Fogartyville Arts Center to learn more about a proposal known...

I was visiting family over the weekend in Manatee County, about three hours away from home. My niece, an Augusta, Georgia-based gymnastics coach and gym co-owner with three young and adorable kids, celebrated a mostly successful competition in the area, and we ate a ton of pizza (and leftover pizza) from the gatherings at her Bradenton Beach BnB. While visiting my brother...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Just before 7 a.m., Road Rangers and FHP were faced with cleaning up large pieces of debris, on I-75 north. 2 right lanes were blocked, just past the SR-64 off-ramp at mile marker 221. Traffic quickly backed up for 2 miles, creating a 15 minute...

BRADENTON, Fla. - The House Ways and Means Health Care Subcommittee Chair Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Bradenton) convened a health care summit at the Lake Erie College of Medicine in Bradenton on Tuesday. Members of both sides of the aisle were included in the meeting, while several advocates who work in...

The residents of Manatee County have been heard. Curbside pickup of bulk garbage is returning. But, it won't be the same twice-a-week service residents had before October when Manatee County implemented automated garbage collection. After a steady stream of complaints since then, the county renegotiated a one-year contract with its...

Family disturbance: Complaining her ex-husband showed up at her home without having been invited, a woman claimed the estranged couple had not seen each other in the six years since their divorce. She decided, however, to invite him to spend some time inside the home they once shared during more amicable times.

A 14-foot-long alligator weighing 600 pounds required the strength of a trapper and seven deputies to be booted off a road in Sarasota County, Florida. “Get on a leg! Get on a leg! Everybody get on a leg!” a voice is heard saying in a video shared by Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, which shows officers […]

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Office has announced the winning design for this year’s “I Voted” stickers. Fiona Tenuta, a seventh grader at Sarasota Middle School, created the wining design, which featured a drawing of a chill flamingo lounging at the beach.

NORTH PORT — A woman has been arrested after an alleged hit-and-run of a pedestrian.