NORTH PORT — It's like Santa posting his naughty-and-nice list on social media.
SARASOTA — An Arts Appreciation grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation should help Asolo Repertory Theatre fight the financial losses of C…
While Sarasota County Libraries remain limited for in-person services, we haven’t forgotten about the summer programs that our young patrons l…
SARASOTA — Florida Studio Theatre has set its Virtual Improv Festival for this weekend, starting Friday.
Here are the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics available for Florida and our area counties, as of 11:30 a.m. July 11. The next update …
FORT MYERS - The Southwest Florida Symphony Society awarded the 2020 John Hudson Scholarship to Ainsley Lavy, a Southwest Florida Symphony Yo…
VENICE — Emails urging the adoption of an ordinance or executive order requiring the public to wear masks continue to flow into City Hall, wit…
VENICE — Ron Cutsinger, of Englewood, and Chris Hanks, of North Port, are running for Sarasota County Commission Seat 5 to give South County r…
VENICE — Three new members of Loveland Centers Board of Directors have been named as the facility works through COVID-19 and its challenges.
VENICE — The Venice Art Center named the first winner of the weekly South County Student Online Exhibit and Contest.
The Florida Department of Health reported a total of 1,048 positive cases of the novel coronavirus in Charlotte County and 78 deaths, as of Fr…
SARASOTA — Sarasota Memorial Hospital is participating in a COVID-19 clinical trial involving “designer” antibodies that are “the most promisi…
CASEY KEY — Two sea turtles rescued earlier this year in area waters have been rehabilitated and released by Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota.
Brendan William Toop, 39, a social studies teacher and coach at Charlotte High School, was arrested by Punta Gorda Police detectives Friday mo…
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In June, the GFWC Rotonda West Woman’s Club was challenged to provide 1,200 masks for the two elementary schools within the Rotonda/Englewood …
VENICE — The St. Louis-based Stifel Financial Corp. announced four Venice financial advisers have joined its broker-dealer subsidiary, Stifel,…
NORTH PORT — A North Port man, already facing felony charges of beating his father in February, is now charged with second-degree murder.
VENICE — For Venice Theatre, the year 2020 started with the Next Act Capital Campaign as local philanthropist William H. Jervey pledged $1 mil…
ENGLEWOOD — Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte and Englewood Community Hospital and Doctors Hospital of Sarasota have once again rest…
VENICE — A St. Petersburg teenager is in custody charged with the burglary of Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight’s vehicle outside Knight’s Ve…
NORTH PORT — A 34-year-old North Port man is accused of sexual battery against two victims since 2013, authorities said.
PUNTA GORDA — After hours of comments from residents on both sides of the issue, the Punta Gorda City Council unanimously approved a new manda…
SOUTH VENICE — A worker at Publix in Venice Village Shoppes tested positive for COVID-19.
Teddy Ehmann, president of the Charlotte County Florida Historical Society, wrote a letter to the Punta Gorda City Council urging the city to …
In anticipation of students returning to brick and mortar learning in the fall, the Sarasota County School District purchased 42,000 portable …
It”s been steaming hot outside making it a good time to stay safe at home and enjoy some of our virtual programs.
VENICE — Ron Cutsinger, of Englewood, and Chris Hanks, of North Port, are running for Sarasota County Commission Seat 5 to give South County r…
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office launched a new program aimed at senior citizens.