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Fire destroys Bradenton mobile home
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Investigators say a fire gutted a mobile home just after 6PM Monday evening in Bradenton. Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue Deputy Fire Marshal Marc Massella said the blaze broke out in the six thousand block of Nebraska St. at the Trailer Estates Mobile Home Park. Massella said...
Bradenton girls decorate neighborhood with flags for Memorial Day
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Adrianna Aiena may only be 13-years-old, but she is mighty. For the last two years, the rising eighth grader has raised money from neighbors and friends to buy flags for Memorial Day and scatter them through her community. Aiena raised $70 last year and placed 100...
Florida woman arrested for cinnamon roll battery: police
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A woman was arrested after she allegedly hurled a cinnamon roll at another person at a soup kitchen in Florida last week. Anne Marie Luna, 36, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery after the incident that unfolded at St. Vincent de Paul CARES in St. Petersburg last Tuesday, according to an arrest affidavit from the St. Petersburg Police Department.
Smoke from brush fire temporarily shuts down State Road 62 in Manatee County
DUETTE, Fla. — Low visibility from brush fire smoke temporarily shut down both east and westbound State Road 62 in Manatee County, the Duette Fire and Rescue Department said. The road has since reopened. According to the agency, the fire started as a controlled burn but got out of...
Delays, cancellations at SRQ and TPA airports on Memorial Day
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Flights at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and Tampa International Airport are experiencing numerous delays and several cancelations on Memorial Day. To check if your flight has been delayed or cancelled, click here for SRQ and here for TPA.
Sarasota Commons shooting: 2 men arrested will also face larceny, fraud charges
Two men who were arrested in the Sarasota Commons shooting are facing additional charges related to fraud. In addition to second-degree murder charges, Joseph Brice Jr., 31, will also face charges of identity fraud and larceny that were added in May. Brice was arrested by Sarasota Police for his role in the Jan....
Florida men accused of stealing 150 gallons of used cooking oil from restaurants
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Two South Florida men were arrested in St. Petersburg, accused of stealing 150 gallons of used cooking oil from two restaurants. Wilmer Kindelan Durand, 49, and Julio Diaz Ona, 53, were arrested and charged with burglary. Both men are from Hialeah. "This was something that was...
Let's end the myths, confusion on proposed SRQ-New College land deal
Various media reports have covered the proposed land swap and sale agreement between the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority (SMAA) and New College of Florida. Some, including the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, have provided fair and accurate accounts of this issue; others, however, have not. The issue involves the sale of 30-plus acres of property presently leased...
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