Sarasota FL

All aboard for a Sarasota original in Florida that feels like a secret platform to the past. Bob’s Train is tucked just off Fruitville Road, and the moment you step inside the vintage railcars, the everyday world slips away. You get nostalgia, flavor, and storytelling packed into a compact...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a detainer on a Guatemalan apprehended for driving without a license in Sumter County. Mateo Zavala Mejia, 28, of Bradenton, was driving a white Nissan passenger car in Bushnell around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when a deputy checked the vehicle’s license plate and...

On Tuesday, the superintendent updated board members on $40 million plans for Booker Elementary and Middle, and more. Host: The makeover of Sarasota’s public schools has taken on a dynamic of its own, a dynamic that’s going way beyond countering a challenge by for-profit operators asking to move into underused school...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Venice Police Department is warning residents of a scam involving dating websites. In social media posts, police say scammers are creating believable profiles on dating sites and social media to quickly build trust, then invent “emergencies” to pressure people for money or personal...

Some celebrate Nicolás Maduro’s removal. Luis Velásquez is not among them. Host: On the streets of Weston and Doral, the South Florida suburbs with the highest concentration of Venezuelan immigrants and exiles, many responded to the removal of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. armed forces with an outburst of joy and hope....

A national company that imports and distributes stone has opened a showroom and warehouse in Manatee County. UMI Stone’s newest location is at 7427 15th St. E., just north of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Spanning 20,000 square feet, the shop includes a modern showroom with an indoor slab gallery...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Dozens of protesters gathered Thursday on the Legacy Trail overpass on Clark Road, rallying against an ICE raid that resulted in the death of a woman. The Sarasota Rapid Response Visibility Brigade hosted the rally, with several signs calling for “justice for Renee Nicole Good.”

The city planning commission votes unanimously to recommend approval of a Home Depot site plan. Critics focus on traffic. Host: A big commercial development in Venice is winding its way through the approval process, and Ramon Lopez has the details. Ramon Lopez: The first major element of the planned Venice...

Manatee County officials will both start and wrap up multiple projects in the eastern part of the county in 2026. Much of that work is focused on sites off Lena Road and at Premier Sports Campus North. Some of the work includes:. Premier Sports Campus North. It took six years...

As redevelopment extends eastward from the core of downtown Sarasota along the Main Street and Ringling Boulevard corridors, the corner of Ringling Boulevard and Osprey Avenue is the next up for a proposal to change in the coming years. A condominium development at 1776 Ringling Blvd. made its first appearance...