Sarasota FL

SARASOTA, Fla. (SNN) — After two consecutive hurricanes left Bradenton Beach’s Wildlife Inc. in ruins, the nonprofit rehab center has officially reopened, and animals are once again being cared for inside the rebuilt facility. For more than a year, the organization operated out of temporary rooms after storm...

Tampa – A 21-year-old Riverview man died Sunday, November 16, 2025, after a collision involving a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer on US-41. According to initial reports, at approximately 6 p.m., the Honda motorcycle was traveling northbound on US-41 at a high rate of speed. A Volvo tractor-trailer driven by a...

NORTH PORT, Florida (WBBH) — A North Port man was found guilty and received a life sentence in prison on Friday for stabbing his adoptive parents to death in their home in 2023. Dima James Tower, 24, committed the first-degree murder of Rob and Jennifer Tower, his adoptive parents,...

Ahnaysa Kristina Turner was arrested and charged with larceny grand theft.

Nov. 17, 2025 – Sarasota Memorial Nursing & Rehabilitation Center was named among the nation’s best nursing homes, recognized for both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care in U.S. News’ annual “Best Nursing Homes” ratings released this week. Since 2009, U.S. News has recognized the best...

The Sarasota Police Department warned drivers to avoid an intersection after a gas leak on Monday.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A former Manatee County administrator is asking a judge to dismiss criminal charges against him. Scott Hopes faces allegations of forging documents, destroying records, and defrauding the county of thousands of dollars. Prosecutors say Hopes submitted incorrect time cards that resulted...

BRADENTON, Fla. — A juvenile curfew is nearing a potential final implementation in Manatee County. But first, parents or anyone else in Manatee County will be able to weigh in on the ordinance that commissioners initially approved by a 6-1 vote in August. A public hearing on the measure...

A Gulfport man is facing three felony charges after an unprovoked attack on his mother and stepfather last Friday, the Gulfport Police Department said.

Charter schools run by the for-profit company Academica want to set up inside dozens of Tampa Bay area public schools, and hundreds statewide, according to a slew of notices sent out the week of Nov. 10. The notices come under a new Florida statute expanded the scope of a program...