Winter’s grip on Florida will stick around through Friday morning as winds will stay out of the north and northeast through Friday morning.

Sarasota County Emergency Management officials have coordinated with municipal and community partners to provide cold weather shelter for those individuals in need due to the predicted drop in ...

A Hooters waitress tried to flirt her way out of a DUI arrest – and then berated a Florida cop as a “nerd” when he rebuffed her advances — after she was pulled over late last year, according to newly ...

Sarasota city officials recently unveiled the draft concepts for their plan to develop the area on Main Street between U.S.

A confirmation hearing is scheduled for Marco Rubio, one of two Florida political leaders nominated for President-elect ...

Pointing to Florida’s decades-long fight with deadly citrus greening disease and damage from hurricanes, a major grower ...

The National Weather Service predicts mostly clear nights through Thursday with lows between 41-43 degrees, with a north wind ...

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System opened a new 15,000-square-foot freestanding emergency room in Lakewood Ranch on Jan. 7. Located 3 miles east of Interstate 75 near Lorraine Road, the ER is ...

Six months after naming Sean Bagan the interim CEO and president of Helios Technologies, the company’s board has appointed ...

Hooters waitress flirts shamelessly with cop who pulled her over for DUI with ‘BAC 4 times the legal limit’ - Sophia Ross, 22 ...

The responding officer heard some laughter, but no suspicious activity. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this ...

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