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Top Story

Authorities say an adult and a child escaped from their car just before it was hit by a freight...

Sheriff: Five Killed In Fatal Train Crash

Updated: 1 hour ago
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By Rob Wells
Five Killed In Train Vs. Escalade Crash

Hurricane

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Tropical Storm Philippe forms in the Atlantic

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By Mike Modrick
Philippe is expected to stay in the mid-Atlantic Ocean with no threat to land areas at this time.

Top Story

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Afternoon Storms return to the Suncoast

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By Mike Modrick
Rain becomes more widespread as another front settles in across Florida

Top Story

Suicide Prevention

Life;Story holds suicide prevention race

Updated: 8 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
Centerstone, a community-based nonprofit, will host their 21st annual Life;Story race at Nathan Benderson Park today.

Top Story

MEN STRUT THEIR STUFF ON THE RUNWAY AT THE EVENT

Men Wear Pink event today in Sarasota

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
The American Cancer Society will hosts its annual Real Men Wear Pink fashion show tonight.

Local News

Shawqi Itrash is a former Braden River High School football player.

Shawqi Itrash goes from Braden River High School Quarterback to student-athlete at rice University in Houston, Texas

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
Shawqi Itrash is a former Braden River High School football player. He says he’s working on earning a degree in business at Rice University in Houston, Texas. After the USF Bulls football team defeated the Rice Owls 42 to 29 Shawqi told ABC7 Sports Anchor James Hill why he’s so happy to be back in Florida and close to the Suncoast.

Gabrielle Petito

GABBY PETITO CASE RAISED AWARENESS

SPARCC says Gabby Petito Case Raised Awareness of Domestic Violence on the Suncoast

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
Two years ago on Sep. 19th, Gabby’s remains were found in Wyoming at the Grand Teton National Park. With the Somber Anniversary, The Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center in Sarasota said Gabby Petito’s case has helped raise awareness of domestic violence on the Suncoast.

Local News

first responder tribute

New First Responder Tribute at Heritage Park

Updated: 17 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
first responder tribute in Heritage Park

Local News

Mobile Disaster Recovery Center opens in Rubonia

Mobile Disaster Recovery Center

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
Manatee County was approved for Individual Assistance

Local News

PUBLIC LANDS DAY

Sarasota County Celebrates National Public Lands Day

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
National Public Lands Day
7-Day Forecast
7-Day Forecast

Local News

Long-time Addiction Recovery Center Searching for New Home

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
The president of the Gratitude Club of Sarasota is proud of the work his non-profit addiction recovery center has accomplished over the past 18 years. He's just not certain where that non-clinical work will continue now that the organization lost its building.

Local News

North Port kids go on joyride, get stopped en route to California

Updated: 23 hours ago
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By ABC7 Staff
Two kids in North Port went on a joyride on Wednesday, Sept. 20, making it almost 200 miles before officers located the children.

Local News

MCR Health hosts baby shower to introduce new clinic

Updated: Sep. 23, 2023 at 11:53 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
MCR Health opening its newest OB/GYN & Pediatrics location on Saturday at 3501 Cortez Rd, Suite 1 in Bradenton.

Hurricane

Tropical Storm Ophelia pushing through North Carolina with flooding

Updated: Sep. 23, 2023 at 11:43 AM EDT
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By Mike Modrick
Ophelia getting weaker

Top Story

A Perfect Saturday - No rain, lower humidity, and no tropical storms near the Suncoast!

Updated: Sep. 23, 2023 at 5:43 AM EDT
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By Mike Modrick
We are tracking a few small storms to move over Florida starting Sunday and continuing next week

Top Story

Nice weekend ahead with little chance for rain

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 10:13 PM EDT
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By Bob Harrigan
Drier air is slipping into our area thanks to Ophelia as it moves into North Carolina. The air on the back side of this storm is very dry and is filtering into Florida lowering the humidity and keeping the sunshine in the forecast on Saturday.

State

‘The whole situation is awful’: Neighbors react to toddler death

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 5:37 PM EDT
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By WCJB Staff
According to Gainesville Police detectives, two 3-year-old twin girls were beaten over a long period of time which led to the death of one of the children earlier this month.

Local News

M&L Cabinet, Inc. owners charged with scheming to defraud customers

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 4:16 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
Nobles and Anderson are each charged with first-degree felony scheming to defraud in excess of $50,000.

Local News

Two convicted for attempted robbery turned fatal

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 3:37 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
The incident began as an attempted robbery for THC edibles, but turned fatal when shots were fired into the victims’ car.

News

The Florida Sheriffs Association Task Force announces results of ‘Operation Safe Kids’

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 11:13 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
The Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) Task Force have released the results of Operation Safe Kids, an initiative across 42 Florida counties that called attention to traffic safety in and around schools.

Top Story

Multi-car crash at DeSoto and US-301

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 9:52 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
There is a multi-crash where northbound US-301 meets DeSoto.

Top Story

Two cars hit homes with minutes of each other in Lehigh Acres

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 8:12 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
Troopers are still investigating both incidents.

Weather

First Alert Weather: Potential tropical storm near Florida gets stronger

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 6:55 AM EDT
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By John Scalzi
Rain chances start to fall

Top Story

Two North Port homes struck by lightning, caught fire minutes apart

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 9:47 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
North Port Fire Rescue responded to two different fires caused by lightning strikes on Thursday night. Both were reported within one minute of each other.

Sports

Brett Timmons’ football journey comes full circle

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 9:00 PM EDT
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By James Hill
Brett Timmons is part of Southeast High School Football championship history.

Local News

Gratitude Club of Sarasota may have a new home on the horizon

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:42 PM EDT
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By Rob Wells
Officials from the Gratitude Club of Sarasota, a non-profit that helps people beat addiction, say there’s hope after losing the place they’d called home for 18 years.

Top Story

Tropical storm warnings up for SE U.S.

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:22 PM EDT
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By Bob Harrigan
Some much needed rain has fallen across parts of the Suncoast over the past couple of days. Those rain chances will be going down as some drier air gets pushed into our area on Friday.

Local News

How to protect your loved ones from predators

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:52 PM EDT
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By Jordan Litwiller
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says there could still be more victims that were sexually abused by Nicholas Bassler Jr. and Sierra Campany, who were arrested last week.

Local News

Manatee County proposes contract for new administrator Charlie Bishop

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:51 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
The contract will be voted on at the board’s next regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 26.

State

Hundreds of UF students still not moved in to luxury apartments more than a month into school

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 2:44 PM EDT
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By Ethan Budowsky
Some students have had to spend more than six weeks bouncing between hotels because their apartment complexes are not yet complete

As Seen On 7

FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers to open in Sarasota County

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 2:21 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
Sarasota County was notified by FEMA that Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers will be established to provide information on disaster assistance following Hurricane Idalia.

Chalkboard Champions

Chalkboard Champions - Dylan Averso of Palmetto Elementary School

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 1:51 PM EDT
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By Brendan Mackey
When you think of a classroom, you may picture pencils, rulers, and books. But Dylan Averso’s class is a little different.

State

Two Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence executives charged with fraud, grand theft

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 11:44 AM EDT
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By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has leveled fraud charges against two former executives at the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV)

As Seen On 7

David Chang transferred to prison, attorney files for mitigation of sentence

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 11:36 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
David Chang was sentenced last month in the death of 13-year-old Lilly Glaubach.

Local News

Family of Brian Laundrie hires new attorney in civil case

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 11:02 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
The parents of Brian Laundrie have hired a new attorney to represent them in the wrongful death suit filed by the family of Gabby Petito.

Local News

Celebrate National Public Lands Day with Parks and Rec. on Sept. 23

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:42 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
The County invites volunteers to join them in commemorating the 30th annual National Public Lands Day on September 23 at Potter Park.

State

Kids driving stolen car stopped on I-75 in Alachua County

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:16 AM EDT
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By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville
The 10-year-old and 11-year-old siblings had driven three hours in their mother’s stolen car

Local News

El Jobean Fishing Pier reopens after issue with ‘aggressive bees’

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:04 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
The pier is back open !

Local News

Manatee County detectives searching for tipster who called Crime Stoppers in 1997

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 9:52 AM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
The case has gone cold.

Top Story

First Alert Weather: One more good chance for showers before dry air moves in

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 6:45 AM EDT
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By John Scalzi
Storms will come late in the day and linger into the evening hours.

National

‘It was breathtaking’: Family’s home destroyed by Hurricane Idalia, but late son’s bedroom spared

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 10:48 PM EDT
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By Madison Glaser and Gray News staff
The Barbers live in a secluded area off a beaten path in Perry, Florida. Their home is full of memorabilia for a lost loved one.

Sports

Suncoast man keeps score for Tampa Bay Rays games for 25 years

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 10:07 PM EDT
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By James Hill
Dan Russo has worked Tampa Bay Rays baseball games as the scoreboard operator since 1998.

Local News

Gulf Coast Community Foundation reflects on year of helping post Hurricane Ian

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 9:57 PM EDT
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By Rob Wells
As residents and businesses continue to rebuild and recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Ian nearly one year ago, one local foundation is continuing their efforts to help.

Local News

New shelter project addressing homelessness in Manatee County

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 9:34 PM EDT
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By Jordan Litwiller
The District 2 Sheriff’s Office is in the process of becoming a 23,000 square foot, all-encompassing facility for people in need.

Top Story

Rain chances stay high for Thursday

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 8:34 PM EDT
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By Bob Harrigan
Some much needed rain fell over a large area on Wednesday and we will see another round on Thursday as an old front and a low pressure starts to spin up just offshore of Jacksonville.

Traffic

FDOT continues work on US-301 interchange near Tidewater Blvd.

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:26 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
Drivers should be aware of major construction in Manatee County that will be affecting drivers on major roadways.

Local News

School bus and SUV involved in crash on Lockwood Ridge Rd.

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 2:48 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
No students were onboard.

Local News

Sarasota County reflects on Ian one year later

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 2:32 PM EDT
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By Sophia Vitello
This month marks one year since Hurricane Ian and Sarasota County Emergency Operations Center invited the media into the building on Wednesday to discuss how the county handled the storm.

Local News

Suncoast Humane Society welcomes 53 dogs from Puerto Rico amidst hurricane threat

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 2:14 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
The Suncoast Humane Society announced the arrival of 53 dogs from Puerto Rico, just in time to shield them from the potential threat of Hurricane Lee.

Local News

Sarasota deputies confiscate guns, alcohol at party on Siesta Key

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 1:39 PM EDT
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By ABC7 Staff
Four individuals were arrested on various charges.
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