SARASOTA - In a slight surprise, Sarasota City Commissioners chose Shannon Snyder to be the city's next mayor. They voted 3-2 for Snyder over Vice Mayor Willie Shaw, who keeps that post.
SARASOTA - Do you hate the slowpoke driving in the fast lane of the interstate? You might like a new state law that came out of the legislature this year that some have called the "road rage bill."
SARASOTA - Before Nik Wallenda walks a wire across the Grand Canyon next month, he'll prepare in his hometown. There's still some paperwork to complete, but Wallenda will practice at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.
SARASOTA – Parents of students at a special needs school on the Suncoast fear that “F” grades from the state will force it to close. Some parents got to speak up for the school to a state official who visited Thursday.
BRADENTON - Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube says his deputies have busted dozens of people for food stamp fraud. And he says he has arrest warrants out for a hundred more.
SARASOTA - While a medical office manager fights to avoid prison on charges of practicing medicine without a license, the surgeon at the office might have to fight to keep his license.
BRADENTON - When two men walked out of Mary Malloy's Bradenton home last month with a bunch of her stuff, she never expected to see it again, and even after seeing the video from her home security cameras, she never really expected to see the thieves caught.
BRADENTON, Fla. – Nancy King scrapes a piece of chalk across the sidewalk along Manatee Avenue. “K-I-N-G” she spells out in large letters in front of two red chairs she has tied to a light pole.