Earle Kimel primarily covers local governments in Sarasota County as well as land development and environmental issues for ...

Venice football hosted an intrasquad scrimmage on Thursday, May 7, foregoing a spring game to better equip the team for ...

A 43-year-old Manatee County man was killed Wednesday, May 6, after being struck by a vehicle while walking, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The collision happened at the intersection of ...

Just days after the Sarasota County School Board sued Tax Collector Mike Moran over millions of dollars withheld from a voter ...

NAPLES — It's well known that St. Thomas Aquinas is a buzzsaw in boys lacrosse. Manatee hadn't gotten to experience it yet in the program's 14 year history. That changed Thursday afternoon , May 7, at ...

Wellen Park in North Port plans to build on the momentum that's made it one of the fastest-growing, master-planned ...

For the second time in about a year, the Sarasota City Commission rejected plans for a controversial 18-story downtown condo ...

The festivities will conclude with a free, full-day event Saturday at downtown Sarasota's Five Points Park featuring live ...

Sarasota County approves controversial $18M waterfront purchase near Siesta Key, forcing local business to vacate site by May ...

New signs at Publix supermarkets suggest that the grocery chain has quietly reversed its previous policy of allowing open carry.

A 55-year-old man has been charged with child sexual battery in Sarasota County, according to the sheriff's office.

New signs posted at Publix stores now state: “Publix kindly asks that only law enforcement openly carry firearms in our ...