Sarasota FL

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The St. Petersburg Police Department said the body of a man was found inside a sunken pickup truck in St. Pete Saturday morning. Police said a caller reported the upside-down vehicle at around 7:30 a.m. near 62nd Avenue North and Bayou Grande Boulevard. When first responders arrived,...

Another drive-thru coffee shop could be coming to one of Bradenton’s busiest intersections. A developer pitched new building plans near the corner of Manatee Avenue and U.S. 301, across from Manatee Memorial Hospital. Included in the plans are a drive-thru coffee shop and retail plaza just south of the Starbucks at...

A roundup of the games played Thursday at the 52nd annual City of Palms Classic at Suncoast Arena on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College. 5-star recruit: Jordan Smith Jr. embraces challenge of being nation's best hoops prospect Third quarter wave lifts Principia over Columbus Prinicipia 74, Columbus 62:...

Traffic on Tamiami Trail and Gulf of Mexico Drive has returned to normal. Fire crews working a commercial-building fire in the 1600 block of Tamiami Trail have cleared the scene, and the drawbridge malfunction on the north end of Longboat Key has been repaired. 12:25 p.m. Friday. Lunch-hour incidents in...

Sarasota, FL — December 15, 2025 — The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County (EDC) is proud to announce the launch of a brand-new website: www.innovatesarasotacounty.com. The site is a new online platform designed to spotlight Sarasota County’s flourishing technology ecosystem, connect innovators, and...

The Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners voted on Tuesday, Dec. 16, to allocate approximately $57 million in federal disaster recovery funding through the Resilient SRQ Infrastructure Program, a HUD Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) initiative tied to Hurricanes Debby, Helene and...

This week, Sarasota Mayor Debbie Trice told The Sarasota News Leader that she had filed an amended financial disclosure form with the Florida Commission on Ethics after realizing that she had made an error in her original filing. On Nov. 28, after the News Leader reported on the city commissioners’...

A fabulous Sarasota estate has just landed on the market at $22 million — and we got the first look. Set on 2.4 gated acres with an extraordinary 240 feet of direct Sarasota Bay frontage, the newly listed property at 3315 Bay Shore is the kind of legacy-style waterfront estate that rarely becomes available.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A crash at Fruitville Road is blocking the left lane on I-75 southbound, and causing a big backup. P.M. rush drivers are stuck in a 4 mile delay, costing an extra 18-20 minutes for the commute home. The delays start before University Parkway.

Sarasota, Florida – Sarasota Police Department officers seized a large quantity of illegal drugs, including nearly 667 grams of cocaine, and arrested a local man during the execution of a search warrant tied to an ongoing drug trafficking investigation, authorities confirmed Wednesday. The arrest follows weeks of...