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Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Mike Modrick
An increased chance stays with us for the coming week
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Francesca Constantini
Residents are finding sharks in the Buttonwood Harbor neighborhood in Longboat Key.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 8:43 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
The School District of Manatee County recently sent out a survey to parents of elementary school-aged children regarding masked classrooms
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 6:04 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
One person was transported to the hospital after a sailboat capsized near Lido Beach Friday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 5:58 PM EDT
|By Bob Harrigan
The National Hurricane Center is now calling a disturbance off of Florida’s east coast Invest 90L
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 4:29 PM EDT
|By Justin Hobbs
Did Piney Point lead to recent red tide issues in Sarasota and Tampa Bay?
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Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
A Florida man will serve life in prison without parole for the 2018 slayings of his girlfriend and their young special-needs daughter, a judge ruled Friday.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 2:48 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Welcome to the world, Luca!
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 2:23 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
People may experience respiratory problems because of a persistent bloom of toxic red tide off Florida’s Gulf Coast, the National Weather Service said Friday.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 12:08 PM EDT
|By Ryan Kelly
Emotions were high Thursday among the Florida state contingent at ACC Kickoff when discussing Bobby Bowden’s fight with pancreatic cancer.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 1:21 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
The Sarasota Orchestra announced that violist Michael McClelland died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, July 17, at the age of 62.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 12:53 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Poodle and Pooch Rescue of Florida is seeking donations to help aide in the medical care of an elderly dog found abandoned with her mouth taped shut.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
Structural engineer Allyn Kilsheimer warned officials in a letter on Thursday that Collins Avenue could crumble.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 11:47 AM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Sarasota County confirms that all 16 beaches in the county have red tide notification signs posted.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 11:04 AM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
During a press conference Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Florida would not enforce a mandatory mask mandate in schools.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 10:54 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
A Florida lawn worker saved a driver who was having a seizure in his still-moving car, despite the indifference of other bystanders, authorities said.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 10:30 AM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
As temperatures rise over the state, the Florida Department of Transportation is reminding parents and pet owners to check their vehicles before they lock up and head to their destination.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 9:29 AM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Any bangs or booms nearby residents may hear next week is just part of the training, officials say.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 6:54 AM EDT
|By John Scalzi
The most likely time for a shower along the coast will be midday.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 9:55 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Palmer Ranch’s 19-year-old Emma Weyant has been the fastest swimmer in the world in her event, the 400-meter I-M for more than a year now.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 7:29 AM EDT
|By News Service of Florida
The ice-cream maker plans to stop doing business in "occupied Palestinian territory.”
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 8:44 PM EDT
|By Bob Harrigan
Most everyone has heard the phrase “It’s not the heat it’s the humidity”. Well that is certainly the case here along the Suncoast lately. The temperatures have been pretty close to average
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Sarasota Police are on the scene of a very serious crash at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way and N. Links Ave.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 4:28 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Sarasota Police are reminding drivers to observe posted speed limits after catching a driver traveling 35 mph over the limit.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 7:37 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
The Florida company whose software was exploited in the devastating Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack, Kaseya, has received a universal key that will decrypt all of the more than 1,000 businesses and public organizations crippled in the global incident.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 2:57 PM EDT
|By Madeleine Wright
Cellphone video shows a group of people punching each other in the middle of a Frontier Airlines plane.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 1:56 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Deputies are investigating after a workplace altercation turned fatal at the Take 5 Oil Change in Bradenton.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 3:00 PM EDT
|By ABC7 Staff
Sarasota Police have arrested a man they say sexually assaulted a child under the age of 12.