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First Alert Weather: Sunny skies and calm weather today
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Drier air will move in over the next few days. Sunshine will replace cloudy skies. Afternoon temperatures will increase and Heat Indexes will increase, even though dew points decrease, because of the warmer weather. Very little chance for showers, mostly in inland locations in the afternoon.
Something big’s brewing in Venice
VENICE — Invoking the words of Hunter S. Thompson — “Good people drink good beer” (he really did say that) — Scott and Corey Harper, owners of Venice’s 3 Bridges Brewing, announced their first Venice Brew Fest, to be held in Centennial Park.
Majority of Suncoast enters drought
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The latest U.S. drought monitor shows most of Sarasota and Manatee County has moved into the level one drought category. The area of Manatee County that remains in the lower, very dry category is mostly north of the Manatee River. Some areas of Sarasota and Manatee County just east of the coastline and west of I-75 are not in a drought. All of Hardee and around 90% of DeSoto County are in the level one moderate drought category.
Savor Sarasota Returns June 1
It's almost that time of year again. Visit Sarasota County's Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week (in actuality two weeks) starts up again on June 1 and runs through June 14. Participating restaurants will offer a two-course menu for $25 per person for lunch and three courses for $40 per person for dinner. As in years past, many restaurants will also offer upgrades to their prix fixe menus, including wine pairings or specialty dishes.
5 Sarasota-Bradenton area restaurants ace inspections, 1 receives high-priority violations
Our digital database of restaurant health inspections is updated regularly with the latest information on which Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice area restaurants passed or failed. You can use the database to search by Sarasota or Manatee County or by restaurant name. You can see which restaurants were fined and which...
Sarasota, Manatee County power outages: After storms, track outages in Florida
After days of thunderstorms and tornadoes across North Florida the last few days it was Central Florida's turn Wednesday morning. A line of thunderstorms dumped rain across the state from Sarasota to Daytona Beach overnight Tuesday into the early hours, and a tornado watch was issued for 19 counties. The tornado watch is in effect until 11 a.m. as "a few strong to severe storms" moved through the area Tuesday night. ...
“He was a monster gator:” Massive alligator relocated from Sarasota pond
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Some residents of a Palmer Ranch apartment complex in Sarasota had quite the experience. A massive 11-foot alligator had to be removed from a pond on Monday afternoon from Saratoga Place. One resident caught the whole experience on camera. The alligator was relocated to a ranch...
High school football spring game previews for Sarasota and Manatee counties from Friday to May 24
It may feel like mid-summer but this week a sense of fall returns to Manatee and Sarasota counties. Area high school football programs will be wrapping up their 20-day spring practice allotments by playing exhibition games. Here is a look at the remaining games beginning Friday night. ...
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