Sarasota FL

STATESVILLE, N.C. (WFLA) — A plane owned by former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle crashed in North Carolina while on its way to Sarasota on Thursday, killing an unknown number of people. The plane crashed while landing at the Statesville Regional Airport at around 10:20 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said....

The man many consider the greatest documentarian to ever live is coming to the region for a pair of rare speaking engagements. Ken Burns, the award-winning PBS director and producer, is taking the stage at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota on Monday, January 12, as part of the Ringling College of Art +...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A 73-year-old woman nearly lost more than $18,000 in a scam where fraudsters posed as bank investigators, Sarasota police said. The woman spent two hours on the phone with a scammer posing as a bank fraud investigator, police said. The caller told her someone inside the bank withdrew nearly...

One of the nation’s largest homebuilders closed on a land acquisition deal Tuesday in Lakewood Ranch with plans to transform it into a resort-style community. Homebuilder Taylor Morrison plans to transform the new parcel into its latest project, Esplanade at Cammaray, which will include 1,200 new single-family homes...

A Bradenton contractor who targeted elderly residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton has been arrested on 13 felony charges, following an investigation by Bradenton Police. In July 2025, Detective Michael Carpenter began investigating complaints from 14 residents of Seabreeze Mobile Home Park, aged 62 to 95....

Culver’s, the Wisconsin-based fast casual chain noted for ButterBurgers, cheese curds and frozen custard, will open a new restaurant on the Sarasota County side of Englewood. The new restaurant, according to a published report in the Tampa Bay Business Journa l, will be located in a 4,600-square-foot building at 333...

Pasadena Fundamental Elementary wrapped up a holiday teddy bear drive with students and families donating hundreds of new stuffed animals. The Rough Riders of Tampa Bay picked up the toys and are now delivering them to children in hospitals, shelters, community clinics, foster programs and families in crisis. The...

TAMPA, Fla. – A welfare check at a Seminole Heights home took a dark turn Wednesday night, launching a homicide investigation that spans across two Florida counties. Officers with the Tampa Police Department arrived at a residence on the 1200 block of East Frierson Avenue on Dec. 17 after receiving a request from the...

Crab cravings lead to one place on Sarasota Bay, and you can smell the butter and Old Bay before you see the picnic tables. At Star Fish Company, the dock hums with gulls, working boats, and baskets stacked high with the day’s catch. You order at the window, watch the water, and your platter arrives piled like a...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A St. Petersburg man is behind bars after troopers say he left the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian on Gandy Boulevard Wednesday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, John Delucchi, 51, was driving a Ford sedan westbound on Gandy Boulevard shortly before 5 p.m. when a...