All the items were placed in a property and evidence temporary locker at the Police Department to be released upon request.

The two projects could hardly differ more in scale. One is a $14.5 million library for several thousand island residents; the ...

There is a difference, rarely discussed in the celebratory language of groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings, between a ...

Longboat Key wants more of its homes lifted out of harm’s way. On June 22, the Town Commission confronted an awkward truth: ...

—If you ask a resident how they feel about their island, they will likely tell you it is one of the safest, most beautiful places in Florida. If you ask them what it takes to drive off that island on ...

—The vision for the new Sarasota Performing Arts Center (SPAC) has been dramatically scaled back, brought down to earth, and given a much leaner price tag. But even as city leaders applauded the ...

—The controversy surrounding the fabricated Facebook post presented at the January 16, 2024, Sarasota City Commission meeting spawned a complex, multi-year legal saga. Laurel Park resident Kelly ...

—The great Topo Chico crisis originated in the central mountains of Mexico. The worldwide caffeinated soft drink cartel, Coca Cola, which had for years flooded bars, restaurants, and grocery stores ...

People hate insects. They bite, snap, sting, and kill. Perhaps the most hated animal on the planet is the mosquito, despised for bringing malaria, dengue fever, sleeping sickness and a host of other ...

There is a particular kind of Sarasota story that arrives wearing the costume of good news. A beloved restaurant is coming ...

A 23-foot sculpture is coming to one of Sarasota’s most-seen towers. But it faces the entrance off the Ritz-Carlton connector road, where residents and Westin guests arrive — not the 40,000 cars ...