In August 2019, the pharmacy director of Doctor’s Hospital in Sarasota met with Christine Eckles, a registered nurse working at the hospital in the ICU, to discuss discrepancies in the use of hydromorphone, a schedule II controlled substance.
There are 32 elementary students in Manatee County and 49% of third graders are not reading on grade level. School officials want to make sure that all students are reading on grade-level by the end of third-grade.
A 104-year-old World War II veteran is requesting Valentines Cards for his birthday, and he will be receiving some from a group of students on the Suncoast.
Troopers say Pablo Tobar was crossing 15th Street East, north of the intersection with 57th Avenue East, when the driver of what witnesses described as a blue four-door Honda vehicle failed to slow down and struck him.
Manatee Habitat for Humanity gifted the family a free living room makeover. They have 13 children, nine of which are adopted. And the parents want them to be able to live in that home when they are older.
Troopers say Raymond Rogers was driving his 2018 Toyota Camry in the left lane of Rockley Boulevard around 7:20am, approaching Montrose Drive, when he failed to negotiate a right curve in the roadway.
The Manatee County Planning Board approving a rezoning request yesterday by a vote of 4 to 2 to convert the property to commercial use. This now paves the way for the proposed dealership. It still needs approval from Manatee County Commissioners next month.
Their building on 17th Avenue needs a new roof. The current roof has water damage from multiple leaks and it will cost the organization about $40,000 to replace it. Without a new roof, Turning Points won’t be able to continue to serve the community.
Since Jan. 9th the high temperature has exceeded 80 degrees and it could go to 10 on Saturday. This unbelievable stretch of warm days is about to end after Sunday.
Shortly before midnight on Thursday, January 16, Gail tells ABC7 she saw a huge fireball streak across the sky. She was watching TV, facing her backdoor, when she saw what looked like a comet with a tail going horizontally through the sky. She says, “It was AWESOME!”
Land is currently being cleared in Venice on commerce drive off of I-75 and Jacaranda Boulevard where the future Amazon Distribution Center will be located.
It happened around 8:30am at Hi-Way Shores mobile home park on U.S. 301 North in Ellenton. Troopers say for unknown reasons the driver of the car, 49-year-old Jonathan Perry of Bradenton, veered off Gamble Court and into the mobile home.
The murder happened on July 31, 1998 near Booker High School. The following day, the newspaper headline read, "Woman’s body found behind Sarasota School.” That woman was 23-year-old Judith Elaine Doherty.
On Friday, January 10 around 10:15pm, police say Mary Arslanagic, also known as Mary Tormey, is seen in these photos stealing approximately $1,000 from the gift shop at the Art Ovation Hotel, Autograph Collection.
There are a variety of fair foods to satisfy any appetite, lots of rides putting smiles on faces and many different exhibits keeping people very entertained. If that’s not your thing, how about pigs showing off their racing skills or a lumberjack chopping down a tree.
“We’re going to have an even further shortage of nurses coming on because as we all know, we’re opening up new facilities in Venice, and that’s going to add to the demand."
In the United States, they cause about $1.5 billion in damage to agriculture every year. Sarasota County is no exception. To help, County Commissioners just approved a pilot program that will allow managed feral hog hunting on Pinelands Reserve.
Say goodbye to the bathing suits and beach chairs and hello to ear muffs and jackets as the coldest air of the season is coming to Florida next week and may stay for a while.
Ray Dunlop was outside in North Port near U.S. 41 and Salford when he saw this bobcat prowling around the house. He managed to capture a video as it went on its way.
Social media has changed the landscape of society and how law enforcement does police work. It’s also made a difference for people who want to take matters into their own hands to find their stolen property.
Florida Department of Transportation will be installing an eight-foot high protective metal netting at a price tag of three million dollars. It’ll be placed on about a mile and a half stretch at the highest level on both sides of the bridge.
Pink eye can be caused by different things, but depending on what caused it makes a difference between the seriousness of the infection and how contagious it can be. That’s why it’s always best to go see a professional.
The department will eventually hire a total of 25 new paramedics and firefighters to be able to perform these new duties, but they’re already ahead of schedule.
It’s been nice while it lasted but the record breaking warmth is just about over. Extreme cold has been gathering over Alaska and W. Canada over the past week and now it is on the move southward.
The Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness is searching for volunteers. The partnership group does a point in time count in Sarasota and Manatee counties annually. They’re looking for as many volunteers as they can in
Thanks to the homeless outreach team in Sarasota a couple started 2020 with a roof over their heard for the first time in years. The recipient says it’s a gift of a lifetime.
In a statement to the media, the district did not identify the nature of why Mitchell Teitelbaum was placed on leave, but the Herald Tribune reports the district is conducting an internal investigation that he made "inappropriate comments of a sexual nature."
Nik Wallenda appeared on Good Morning America Tuesday morning to make the announcement, telling the world that he will become the first person to walk a high wire directly over a volcano in Nicaragua.
Cats, especially those living outdoors, succumb to age and the elements. But the next day, it was clear something was amiss when Nicole found yet another dead cat.
People who knew him better than anyone spoke about Bill and his life before a candlelight walk led by Robinson’s family. The walk led people through the preserve to the tower and back.
His wife, Jill Mullins, hasn’t given up hope that someone will come forward and uses the annual Manatee County Fair to remind the community the case is still unsolved.
It’s beginning to feel a like Summer all across the land. That’s right mid to upper 80′s have been the rule since Saturday which is more typical of early June as opposed to mid January here along the Suncoast.
A local Bradenton woman is taking trash and creating masterpieces. Wendell Graham created a new turtle species, a ‘plastic back’ loggerhead turtle named “Trash” made from all the garbage found along the beaches of Longboat Key.
On Friday, police charged Henry Lee Porter, Sr. with the additional count. The second victim tells police the abuse happened between April and November in 1990 when the victim was attending the school at Westcoast Center for Human Development.
The team held an open tryout at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch on Saturday morning. Dozens of professional players kicked it like Beckham in order to make the team.
According to police, around 6:45 a.m. Saturday officers responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash in the 1200 block of 14th Street West in Bradenton.
Jagged wood now covers the pier. It’s been a two-year, stop-and-go process to get the Anna Maria City Pier back to the way it was before Hurricane Irma in 2017.
The city's mayor Dan Murphy tells us since the homes are on the bay portion of the island, homeowners do have the right to block off their portion of the beach all the way into the water.
It happened around 11am on the 4500 block of 27th Street West. The victim told deputies he woke up with a gun against his head. The intruder pulled the trigger but missed and began pistol whipping him.
Do you remember Monday? People were dressed up in jackets and hats with temperatures chilling in the upper 30′s to low 40′s over parts of the Suncoast. How quickly we forget right?
The state of Florida had an increase in high school graduates last year. In the Suncoast, Manatee and Sarasota counties saw a slight decrease in graduates last year. School leaders say there's been an overall increase in rates since 2014.
William Brian Slider, 57, was arrested in June 2019, after agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement found an IP address connected to Slider’s home had downloaded 79 videos. The videos were found on a laptop in Slider’s living room and many depicted sexual battery on young children.
But somehow the statue got there (maybe it followed a star?) and deputies are looking for the owner. It was left there late Monday night or early Tuesday morning and brought to the sheriff’s office for safekeeping.
The sheriff’s office says the four-day operation had men ranging in ages from 21 to 77 allegedly responding to internet ads, apps and social media sites. The suspects believed they were speaking to minors, according to the sheriff’s office.
The State Attorney’s Office announced Friday they will be seeking the death penalty against a 27-year-old man who is charged with second degree murder. Ryan Cole is accused of killing a 15-year-old boy in September 2019 in Charlotte County while the teen was protecting his 5-year-old sister.
The accident happened shortly after 6pm on Dec. 31, 2019 at Toledo Blade Boulevard and Woodhaven Drive. Police say a 2018 Toyota Camry was operating as an Uber and driving two passengers when it was struck by a 2008 Ford F-250.
James “Jimmy” Rivers, 48, of Sarasota was found with life threatening injuries on the 1900 block of 22nd Street around 9pm on December 28, 2019 following a 911 call. First responders rushed Rivers to Sarasota Memorial Hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound but he succumbed to his injuries.
Local police alerted the public Friday morning that a 17-year-old girl from Wauchula who was reported missing on December 18, 2019 may be in the Suncoast area.
Troopers say around 8:15pm, Jett Wong was riding a 2015 Yamaha eastbound on Bee Ridge at a high rate of speed, approaching Worcester Road, when a vehicle driven by a 68-year-old Sarasota man attempted to turn onto Worcester. The Yamaha collided with the vehicle on its right rear side.
A local lawmaker is looking to crack down on sewage spills. He’s proposing to some more punitive measures for municipalities that release waste into waterways of the state where they’ll be fined by the gallon.
The cyclist called North Port Police when he got lost in a wooded area near Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park. It was already dark out, but using equipment on the helicopter, pilots were able to spot him around three miles north of the entrance to the Myakkahatchee Park.
Deputies investigated a bomb threat Thursday afternoon that led to the evacuation of the Manatee County Judicial Center and Historic Courthouse in downtown Bradenton.
Police say around 8:45pm, the man was crossing U.S. 301 near 18th Street when he was struck by a car. Police say he was not in a crosswalk at the time and the driver stopped, remaining on scene and cooperating with officers as they investigated.
These past few days temperatures were cold enough to break out the jackets and even use the car heater. That is all over after Thursday morning for the next 6 days at least.
Troopers say Andrew Kieffer of Englewood was driving south on CR675 (Jacaranda Boulevard) around 5:30am when he went off the roadway to the left, hitting a curb and continuing into the median, where his Ford F-250 hit a tree.
Detectives reached out to the alleged victim, who told them that Henry Lee Porter, Sr. sexually abused him beginning in 1989 when he was 11, after his parents went out-of-state for an extended period of time to stay at a hospital.
