Sarasota city planners this week approved the final design for an affordable housing project in downtown Sarasota. The Herald Tribune says about 40 percent of the units at the 130-unit building, known as Lofts... Read More.

The Sarasota City Commission this week voted to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The Commission voted unanimously to change what happens if you’re caught with less than 20 grams of cannabis.... Read More.

North Port residents have a few more days to take the 2019 citizen survey. North Port recently sent invitations for the survey by mail to a sample of 2,000 households. If you didn’t get... Read More.

A motorcyclist who was thrown from his motorcycle had died from injuries sustained in the crash. Sunday night, 26-year-old Floyd Laycock was driving his motorcycle west on State Road 70 in the left lane,... Read More.

A carjacking suspect has been caught. Police on Wednesday afternoon spotted a Cadillac that had been carjacked from a woman Tuesday evening, when a woman getting into her car at Parkway Collections in Sarasota... Read More.

You still have a couple of opportunities to learn about fire assessment rates and requests for improvement to fire stations and department equipment for the 2020 proposed budget. There’s a public meeting tonight, at... Read More.

A pair of underwater cleanups in Venice are stil scheduled to go on, one coming up this weekend. The underwater cleanup on Sunday will be at Sharky’s Fishing Pier at 9am. Volunteers are still... Read More.

Police in Highlands County are continuing to investigate a crash that injured a North Port woman and her son. Officials on Monday, 26-year old Kessie Menard was driving on SR-70 near L7 Ranch Road... Read More.