SkinSmart Dermotology receives unique Valentine's Day gift

Love is in the air inside SkinSmart Dermatology in Sarasota, puppy love to be exact.  Move over chocolate and flowers, puppies were delivered Tuesday!  

Bill proposes adding 911 dispatchers first responder family

Officials hope a legislative bill to recognize 911 telecommunicators as first responders may inspire more people to join the profession if it gets passed.

14 without homes after fire rips through Bradenton apartment complex

More than a dozen people are out of their homes Wednesday after a fire ravaged their apartment complex in Bradenton. Most of those who lived in the burning building were not home at the time, but It was a startling sight in the middle of the day. 

'Don't let my racetrack die': Housing, horsepower clash with sprawl reaching Bradenton raceways

Residents from Lee, Charlotte, Hillsborough, Manatee, St. Lucie, Seminole, Pasco, Pinellas, Volusia, and Hardee counties, plus Arizona and Wisconsin, filled the benches at Manatee County Commission's land use meeting Thursday to oppose forward movement on a housing development proposed next to two of the loudest attractions in the Tampa Bay Area – Bradenton Motorsports Park and the Freedom Factory.

Bradenton police locate missing 7-year-old girl

A 7-year-old child from Bradenton who was last seen Monday night has since been located, police said. 

FHP: Bradenton motorcyclist killed after running stop sign

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that claimed the life of a Bradenton man.

Bradenton teen who lost legs in car crash finds hope in Boston Marathon bomb survivor at same hospital

By chance, an 18-year-old who became a double amputee following a car crash was placed in a hospital room two doors down from a woman who lost her leg during the Boston Marathon bombing and the pair quickly became new friends. 

2 men convicted in Bradenton smoke shop murder where brother witnesses killing on remote surveillance video

Over three years after a Bradenton smoke shop owner was murdered during a robbery - a killing that was witnessed by his own brother through a live stream of the surveillance video – two men were convicted and face life in prison.

FHP: 3 juveniles hit, seriously injured while running across a Bradenton street

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after three girls sustained serious injuries after being hit by a car while running across a Bradenton street Thursday afternoon.