Venice, FL

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Three people are in custody following an altercation with a deputy in Manatee County, which led to a pursuit. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy noticed Tommy Whittenburg - who had an active warrant for possession with intent to distribute - within 1,000 feet of a place of worship.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Some Sarasota residents are pushing to curb the noise that they say bothers them. ”There are the sounds of the city, sometimes the sounds of the city, they are of concern,” said Drew Clearie, a Sarasota resident. Clearie has started a petition because of those concerns...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - We’ve had a good deal of rainfall for parts of Suncoast this week in fact so much that the burn ban has been lifted for Sarasota County. A lot of the storms we’ve seen lately will come to an end as it will be drawn into the tropical cyclone in the west central Gulf of Mexico. On Friday high pressure moves back over our area. We will begin to see a SE wind which will be bring some scattered storms to form inland along the sea breeze and then push toward the coast later in the day.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - A new kind of police officer may be coming to North Port before the end of the year. The “Conservation Cop” would operate exactly like a normal police officer - except their focus and expertise will be in environmental law and protection. The city proposed...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A crash off the roadway is slowing traffic on northbound Interstate 75 near the Bee Ridge exit, at mile marker 208 at 7:30 a.m. Friday. Use caution in the area; avoid the stretch of highway if you can/

A man’s plan to sell kayaks he’s accused of stealing was capsized by the Cape Coral Police Department. On June 1, the victim reported that two kayaks were stolen from the backyard of his home in Punta Gorda. On June 12, he located his own kayaks on Facebook Marketplace and...

VENICE – The city of Venice will host its first full-fledged large event since the March 2020 COVID-19 pandemic-induced closure, as Howard Alan Events returns Saturday and Sunday for the 28th annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival. In a sign that conditions continue to improve, the local state of emergency in...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Tropical storm warnings are now up for parts of the N. Gulf coast. From S. Central Louisiana through Alabama as Potential Tropical Cyclone #3 heads northward toward Louisiana. Expected to make landfall sometime Saturday morning. T. he National Hurricane Center is now issuing these warnings as...

County Commission and administrative staff have encouraged Parks staff to complete surface extensions as soon as possible. With the morning sun bright on June 14, dignitaries sat under a tent at the end of West Price Boulevard in the City of North Port. Sarasota County commissioners and staff, the members...

Meet the owners of Lucky Frog Restaurant. Simone and Ewe Kaufer have operated the German eatery at 4625 Cortez Road West, Bradenton, for seven years.

Decision also means that Sarasota County Charter amendments he wrote are unconstitutional. Almost exactly five years after he filed suit against Sarasota County over its vacation of a 373-foot-long segment of North Beach Road, Siesta Key resident Michael Cosentino lost his case in a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal.

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WWSB) - As scientists and environmentalists monitor the presence of a type of blue-green algae called Lyngbya in our waterways, Manatee County officials are looking to minimize it. In a statement on Thursday evening, the communications director for the county sent us a statement from their...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Don’t get Florida Governor Ron Desantis started on Red Tide. “Someone will say, ‘Oh there’s fish or something,’ and then someone in Ohio will think it’s fish on every beach in Florida and it’s not.”. The governor’s frustration with how Red Tide, real and imagined, brought...

Facility use offered Tuesday through Sunday, weather permitting, except for July Fourth, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Lido Beach Pool has reopened, the City of Sarasota announced on June 16. “Take out your goggles and swim caps,” a news release said. The 25-meter lap pool, adjacent to the...

The Suncoast Post asks, “What’s On, Suncoast?” Here are a few ideas for things to do around the area this week of June 18, – June 25, 2021!. Get ready for an annual tradition this coming weekend. The Downtown Venice Craft Festival will be held outside this coming Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some of the best crafters in the nation will be converging on Venice to showcase their wares. From stained glass, photography, personalized products, and so much more for children, dogs, and for a range of occasions. Get out and enjoy the amazing weather and sunshine as you stroll amongst the booths to find the perfect home accessory or maybe a little gift for a special occasion you have coming up. Look forward to seeing you out there this weekend!

Telling a tale from beginning to end is a slow form of storytelling. Since the days of Homer, savvy storytellers like to pull you into the middle of the action. Savvy visual storytellers know this trick full well. Photographer Curtis Anderson is one of them. “The Story I’ll Tell: The...

Commissioner Detert argues for need for board to adhere to its policies and regulations for construction in flood zones. Just as she has in the past, in regard to construction on barrier islands, Sarasota County Commissioner Nancy Detert voiced concerns on June 9 about a proposal for a Siesta Key house designed to extend seaward of the county’s figurative line in the sand to protect property from storm surge and other flooding events.