Wimauma family sells belongings following Medicaid denials in cancer battle
A Wimauma father battling advanced lung cancer was repeatedly denied Medicaid coverage for the type of chemotherapy his doctor says he needs. Billy Chapple faced months of bureaucratic delays for health care coverage—as he went to the ER and accrued thousands in bills. After FOX 13 reached out to...
Sarasota Police Department says their new Real Time Operations Center helping solve more crimes
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Sarasota Police Department is seeing big results in its new Real Time Operations Center. ROC was only put into action a year ago, but the department says it’s already making a difference in the community. SPD says by connecting technology like traffic cameras, license...
St. Pete sees recent spike in e-bike crashes
ST PETERSBURG, Fla. - Law enforcement says they’ve seen a spike in e-bike crashes across the area lately. Deputies in Pinellas County are investigating an e-bike crash that left a 67-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. Investigators say the man riding the e-bike didn’t stop at a stop sign and collided with a...
Manatee County Animal Welfare moves operations to expanded Bradenton campus
PALMETTO, Fla. - After 80 years in its Palmetto facility, Manatee County Animal Welfare is getting ready to relocate its dogs into a new, modern shelter on the Bishop Campus in Bradenton. The move will allow staff to operate in one place instead of splitting animals between multiple sites. The...
Owner of three popular Sarasota area restaurants opening new Lakewood Ranch concept
A new restaurant serving sushi, skewers and small plates — sharing the same owner as three other popular Sarasota area Asian eateries — is debuting on Lakewood Ranch's Main Street. Kuro Sushi will officially open to the public Nov. 1, following a dinner hours and reservation-only soft opening through Saturday, Oct....
New parking rules targeting ‘land pirates’ seek to ban ‘van life’ from beach town...
A CITY in a major American state once known as a haven for all things weird is now seeking to ban those living the van life from local parking lots....
Gulfport residents complain of car campers at beach
The City of Gulfport is getting complaints from residents because people are living in their cars at a parking lot along the water.
COLUMN: Biking in Venice Is a contact sport
VENICE — Last April 1 — yes, April Fool’s Day — I found myself in the back of an ambulance with an EMT handing me my cellphone.
Ruskin Man Arrested For ‘Glock And A Bomb’ Swatting Incident In The Florida Keys
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A Ruskin man has been arrested and charged in connection with an elaborate “swatting” incident that prompted a large law enforcement response to a Key Largo residence last month. Leonardo Javier Barrera, 20, was taken into custody in Hillsborough County, Florida, on October...
Sarasota students push back against proposed school merger
A proposal to merge Suncoast Polytechnical High School with Brookside Middle School is drawing pushback from students and parents.
