Sarasota FL

For Sarasota County to attract new businesses and to provide opportunities for local companies to expand, it needs more, and a wider variety of, land on which to build commercial structures. And with continually rising property and construction costs, it needs to offer greater flexibility in both parcel size and...

ST. PETERSBURG — A 25-year-old Manatee County man was arrested early Saturday morning after Florida Highway Patrol troopers say he was clocked traveling 117 mph on the Howard Frankland Bridge while driving with a suspended license. According to an arrest affidavit, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper was conducting speed.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Holmes Beach police officer recently rescued a baby red-shouldered hawk. The bird was found huddled by a door. The officer was able to easily corral the hawk and take it to the Wildlife, Inc. Education & Rehabilitation Center for care.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Sarasota man accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 75 while intoxicated, crashing into multiple cars, and resulting in the death of a 21-year-old, pleaded not guilty Monday in Charlotte County Court. Dennis Lee Olson, 53, appeared virtually while in custody. He waived...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a reported shooting Monday morning near North Shade Avenue and 47th Street. Detectives are working to determine what happened. Investigators are working three separate scenes connected to the incident. One shot was fired, according to

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A Manatee County family is demanding answers and accountability after they say a Southeast High School student was violently assaulted while walking home from school. According to her Itzel Aiden, her daughter, Kaylen was attacked by two girls on a road behind Southeast High School after...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A family of seven is out of their home after a lithium-ion battery charging for an e-bike sparked a fire in the 7500 block of Castle Drive, north of Fruitville and east of I-75. The family is safe, but the home is unlivable. From the outside, there is not much damage, but inside, the extent of t

Fort Lauderdale-based boating supply company West Marine plans to close four stores in the region. The company's announcement that it plans to shutter 59 locations comes about a month after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing headwinds including consumer behavior shifts and severe weather. Stores in Venice, Port

Florida voters will have an important decision to make this November when they head to the polls to consider a proposed property tax referendum.

Through the first three days of competition in the USRowing Junior Nationals at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, most of the approximately 4,000 competitors kept every emotion under wraps. Every race was the chance to have one more race to keep alive the dream of a high finish at the...