VENICE — Every week, Our Town presents a variety of photos from organizations and individuals in the area.
PUNTA GORDA — The Punta Gorda Boat Club's future at its longtime home along West Retta Esplanade in Punta Gorda could be in jeopardy due to an…
The state recently moved another step toward abolishing its 50-year-old, no-fault insurance law. The only barrier to it becoming law would be …
VENICE - It's never too early, or too late, to celebrate Constitution Week in America.
Two magnificent homes sit on W. Venice Ave. just west of Park Boulevard.
VENICE — “Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink.”
Here are the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics, including the number of vaccines given, for Florida and our area counties, as of 4 p.m.…
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Abandoned van
Do you have what it takes to be a Foster Hero to a big dog who needs extra attention and direction to learn how to be a family pup?
VENICE — Pickleball — more accurately, the proposed location of four pickleball courts — has driven a wedge between residents of Venetian Golf…
SARASOTA — Old films may become new again as the The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art works on archives of 410 historic circus films.
VENICE — Another show of The Folk Legacy Trio has been added.
VENICE — Mother’s Day returns Sunday after the restrictions of 2020 — with some sense of normality again as vaccines are available and activit…
VENICE — About 50,000 people signed up for a COVID-19 vaccination in January in the first hour after Sarasota County’s original registration s…
SARASOTA - Kari Johnson has been named a state finalist for the Florida Department of Education Teacher of the Year award.
ENGLEWOOD — Sandy Bilsky has had six people step up to donate a kidney for him since January.
VENICE — Officially, the City Council’s charter review workshop Thursday was held in Venice chambers, but where the members actually spent a l…
PLACIDA — Shortly after midnight Friday, Charlotte County’s Placida boat ramp became a crime scene.
Red tide isn’t dissipating in Charlotte Harbor.
Our library is open from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays, for browsing. You can pick up items that you have requested using o…
NORTH PORT — Police identified the 48-year-old woman who was killed this week trying to cross U.S. 41 in North Port.
VENICE — Last year, Paul DeMello canceled the annual Just Against Children Drowning motorcycle ride fundraiser after COVID-19 hit the area.
VENICE — Two Venice residents allegedly schemed to defraud Target by using self-checkout and scanning expensive items as $.59 drinkware, accor…
SARASOTA - The World of Chucko is returning to the world of reality.
VENICE — Venice Regional Bayfront Health wants to remind residents it has “resources ready to support diagnosis and intervention in the event …
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging list of new voting restrictions into law Thursday, staging a misleading, made-fo…
SARASOTA - Authorities are investigating a fire that ended up in the death of a child in Sarasota on Wednesday.