Sarasota FL

A hit-and-run last night in Gulfport left a woman dead, and police are investigating the circumstances. The Gulfport Police Department reported that the victim was biking near Tangerine Avenue and 49th Street South when she was struck by a passing car around 10 p.m., according to WFLA. She died at the scene.

Applications opened to developers last week in Sarasota County for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grant (CDBG-DR) funds designed to bring new affordable housing online after last year’s hurricanes. The window for submissions will remain open until Oct. 24. There’s $30 million in reimbursement...

SARASOTA — Following steep federal funding cuts, a nonprofit’s connection to the community has stayed afloat due to the help of a local businessman.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Local law enforcement agencies have reported two separate incidents of people pointing lasers at sheriff’s office helicopters in recent days. On Sept. 17, Bradenton Police noticed a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office helicopter circling an area in the 900 block of 14th Street West. Officers heard...

PALMETTO, Fla. (WFLA) — The Palmetto Police Department said a man has been charged with murder after shooting his girlfriend in the head on Sunday night. At around 11:30 p.m., Blanca Guzman Bartolon, 30, was at her home with her boyfriend, 25-year-old Cilas Roblero Morales, who began to act aggressively toward her...

Your seafood dreams are about to become reality in the most unlikely of places – a weathered seafood market in Cortez, Florida, where the Star Fish Company has been quietly serving some of the Gulf Coast’s most spectacular fish dishes without any fanfare whatsoever. This place doesn’t advertise....

Have you ever wandered through a labyrinth of treasures where every turn reveals something more bizarre and wonderful than the last?. That’s exactly what awaits at the Red Barn Flea Market in Bradenton, where your shopping budget stretches further than you thought possible and your self-control shrinks in direct...

VENICE — The number of weekly COVID-19 cases reported recently for Charlotte, DeSoto and Sarasota counties is nowhere near the figures for the peak of the pandemic in 2021, but they’re still higher than they’ve been all year.

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, a determined pup comes along and surprises everyone. This adventurous dog vanished from his home in Zolfo Springs, Florida. What no one expected was that he would turn up more than 50 miles away in Bradenton, Florida, at a place no one would have guessed: a Girl Scout campground.

WELLEN PARK — A new curfew has been put in place for children under age 17 at Downtown Wellen Park.