SARASOTA — Eight area residents are facing a variety of charges after allegedly attempting to steal more than $4 million by submitting fraudul…
VENICE — City officials are hoping Venice residents will give input on how they view the importance of the city’s history.
SARASOTA — All Faiths Food Bank continues its monthly distributions of meals on the fourth Saturdays of each month through October.
SARASOTA — The Downtown Sarasota Alliance is hosting the Lombardi Trophy on Thursday in Sarasota.
Here are the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics, including the number of vaccines given, for Florida and our area counties, as of 2:30 p…
WELLEN PARK — A plan that could see an eventual 9,000 new homes along River Road heads to the Sarasota County Commission on Wednesday.
ENGLEWOOD — The toxic red tide algae appears to be hugging shorelines from Manatee County to Nokomis in Sarasota County, but Charlotte County …
ENGLEWOOD — A drowning man was pulled from the water at Indian Mound Park over the weekend, emergency officials said Monday.
SARASOTA — Virtual viewing options are still available but the Broadway on the Bay experience of “Day to Night” by The Players Centre for Perf…
We don’t often run stories on snakes but when we do, our readers sure do love to read them and share them.
We don’t often run stories on snakes but when we do, our readers sure do love to read them and share them.
ENGLEWOOD — Lemon Bay’s Chadwick Cove is a place where many boats go to die. But now there’s a twist.
VENICE — Since Florida’s Certified Local Government program was established in 1986, a total of 78 cities and counties throughout the state ha…
The Charlotte County community will have the chance to remember Frankie “Fran” Nixon, a President’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient who h…
If you must be in the city of Sarasota for some reason and need to find an escape from the traffic and the built environment, try stopping at …
OSPREY — Another summer brings forth another opportunity for the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast annual Summer Photo Contest.
SARASOTA — The Hermitage Greenfield Prize award winner was lauded at a ceremony in Sarasota.
VENICE — A plane carrying two people crashed shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday in Venice.
SARASOTA — The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Sarasota and Manatee Counties is teaming up with the Lean on Me project to work on menta…
VENICE — The Planning Commission took a break Wednesday from talking about what buildings should look like when they’re built to what they sho…
The now-former director of education at Crossroads Hope Academy has been arrested on multiple sex-related charges.
Millions of gallons of water laced with fertilizer ingredients are being pumped into Florida’s Tampa Bay from a leaking reservoir at an abando…
VENICE — The Historic Preservation Board members don’t dislike everything about the city’s draft land-use regulations, just almost everything.
VENICE — Venice Pride, Inc. announced it is holding a fourth Ride for Pride car parade through downtown Venice.
VENICE — Loveland Center held a ribbon cutting Friday night for a new service opening in June.
A Wednesday story gave the incorrect date for an upcoming Prescription Drug Takeback. It takes place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 24, a…
VENICE — The new 7-Eleven opened on Thursday at the corner of Venice Avenue and U.S. 41/Tamiami Trail.
VENICE — The weeklong U.S. Croquet Association National Championship comes to an end Saturday.