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Multiple road closures set to begin in Sarasota on Monday
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A new improvement project will begin on May 13 through May 31 until 7 p.m. that day. The Pump Station Number One Improvement Project will result in multiple road closures, that requires the northbound lanes of North Lockwood Ridge Road between 61st Street and University Parkway to be closed.
When is new North Port Costco opening? Date set for Wellen Park location
NORTH PORT – Costco Wholesale Corporation will open its long-awaited 157,000-square-foot warehouse store in the Wellen Park section of North Port on June 5. The store will be the second Costco in Sarasota County and third in the region, along with stores at Sarasota Square Mall and State Road 64, off of Interstate 75 in Manatee County.
Victims of lynching in Manatee, Sarasota counties being remembered
SARASOTA, Fla. - With a shovel and a pot, soil collected by children comes from an area where the unthinkable happened. "This is the land where their lives were taken. It’s very, very sacred. It’s very ceremonial. It’s something people see a visual," said Linda Crump. The...
All Faiths Food Bank to provide free summer meals for children
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - More than 40,000 children in Sarasota and DeSoto counties are at risk of hunger this summer when they lose access to free and reduced-cost meals at school. Funded through contributions to its annual Campaign Against Summer Hunger, All Faiths Food Bank will join hundreds of community partners and programs to provide healthy, nutritious food for children at 45 sites throughout the community all summer long.
Man accused of shooting pregnant woman during road rage incident enters plea
PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - The Riverview man arrested in connection with road rage shooting incident has entered a written plea of not gulity. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Department, 50-year-old Vincent Steele is charged with five counts of attempted murder after he allegedly fired multiple shots into a vehicle during a road rage incident in Palmetto.
‘Hard to get it back,’ warns top cop after man loses $1.5m – he was just trying to protect his Social Security number
A FLORIDA community has struggled greatly with scammers who continue to target elderly citizens - including a veteran who lost $1.5 million in a gold bars scam. Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan said her department reported losses of more than $2 million in the past year, mainly targeting older residents at disproportionate rates.
Bradenton veteran loses $1.5 million in multi-state gold bar scheme: 'They played upon his patriotism'
BRADENTON, Fla. - A man in Bradenton was scammed out of $1.5 million in an apparent multi-state fraud scheme. Bradenton police arrested Swetaben Patel, 42, on Thursday in connection with the scheme. But police say there appear to be numerous people involved in this fraud scheme. In April, the Bradenton...
Road rage on the rise
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Following a near deadly shooting of a pregnant woman in Manatee County, which stemmed from a road rage incident, more violence is happening on Suncoast streets. A video shared to a local traffic page on Facebook depicts a motorcyclist attacking a driver of a car stopped...
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