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Save Our Seabirds receives grant for drainage improvements on campus
Many Sarasota residents were surprised at the magnitude of flooding from a recent mid-June storm — including some of the feathery residents at Save Our Seabirds. Save Our Seabirds’ campus on Ken Thompson Parkway was not safe from the flooding impacts that came from that storm, and Executive Director Brian Walton said flooding has been a long-standing issue for the campus.
Dylan Mason, Jaspreet Kondal lead respective age groups in Florida Junior Boys Championship
Dylan Mason of Ponte Vedra Beach birdied four of his first seven holes at the Glenview Champions Country Club at The Villages on Saturday and is tied for the lead in the 70th Florida State Golf Association Junior Boys with Shawn Coultoff of Winter Garden at 7-under-par 65. Mason, a...
Newtown Receives ‘Stewards of Heritage’ Award
This comes after the addition of Sarasota’s majority Black district to the National Register of Historic Places. Host: Sarasota’s historically African American neighborhood was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. And now Newtown is getting more recognition. Ramon Lopez reports. Ramon Lopez: Newtown Community’s recent...
Trump wins delay in classified documents case
The judge presiding over former President Trump's classified documents case in Florida pushed back some of the deadlines in the case on Saturday to allow for further briefing. Why it matters: Judge Aileen Cannon's order follows the 6-3 Supreme Court opinion allowing presidential immunity for official acts conducted as president.
Crooked catch is a ‘shocking’ discovery by biologists in Florida
Florida wildlife biologists conducting an electrofishing survey of Silver Glen Springs made an odd catch that resembled one from a few weeks ago. The biologists captured a longnose gar that featured a distinct bend in the middle of its body. “Unlike the bull shark with a spinal deformity that we shared a few weeks ago, this fish likely got its interesting shape from a spinal injury at some point in its life,” the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute stated on Facebook. The crooked longnose gar measured 2.7 feet and weighed over 10.6 pounds. “With their razor-sharp teeth and armor-like scales, longnose gar may...
Ryan Holle Celebrates Freedom After Decades Behind Bars: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Marion County, Fla. – As the country commemorates America’s Independence this Fourth of July weekend, a man celebrates his newfound liberty. Ryan Holle, 41, was just released from jail after serving more than half of his life behind bars. The ABC Action News I-Team first interviewed Holle two years ago while examining the statute that landed him in prison – Florida’s “felony murder rule”. Under that state legislation, someone might be sentenced to life in prison even if they did not kill anyone, were not present at the crime scene, or were unaware of what happened.
Fab Lab Awarded $20,000 Grant from the Selby Foundation
The Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab Lab is thrilled to announce it was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from The William G. and Marie Selby Foundation to help enhance its fabrication lab and student-led programming, propelling efforts to ignite curiosity and innovation in the community. “We are delighted to support the...
Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel to start demolition Monday
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — The Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel is set to have demolition start on Monday, July 8. The first step will be to get everything out, including everything from the furniture to the asbestos. “Tear it down! It's ugly, it was there for the moment and we...
Langford and Heim have 4 hits each as Rangers rout Rays 13-2 for 3-game sweep
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Wyatt Langford and Jonah Heim matched career highs with four hits, Corey Seager had a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers batted around twice in a 13-2 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday that finished a three-game sweep. Texas matched its season high...
Sarasota Hospital Board candidates to appear at League of Women Voters forum July 11
Democrat hospital board candidates will host Democrat school board candidates on July 9 Zoom meeting hosted by the Longboat Key Democratic Club. The League of Women Voters of Sarasota County will host a forum for Republican candidates running for four seats in the Aug. 20 primary for the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board on July 11, while Democratic hopefuls are scheduled to make their case July 9 on a Zoom forum hosted by the Longboat Key Democratic Club.
Places This Week: A home on Coffee Pot Riviera
A weekly roundup of notable local real estate news. A three-story, single-family residence located at 420 Coffee Pot Riviera NE, St. Petersburg has hit the market with an asking price of $5.25 million. The 5,144 square feet of living space, with five bedrooms, four full baths and one half-bath, is situated on a 0.55-acre lot on a protected inlet of Tampa Bay.
New Non-Profit Organization Opens its Doors to Assist Cancer Patients
New Non-Profit Organization Opens its Doors to Assist Southwest Florida Cancer Patients; Naples Cancer Advisors Offers Expert Second Opinion Consultations. Cancer patients in Southwest Florida have a new option to access often crucial, life-saving oncology consultative second opinion services with the recent opening of a new community-based, non-profit organization. Naples...
Celebration of life held to honor Titinysha Scott
PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - Family, friends, and other community members came together at First Community Church of God in Christ on Saturday, July 6, to pay their respects to Titinysha Scott. Scott was one of three women tragically shot and killed by her son, Javontee Brice. “She loved going to...
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