A day care worker is facing child abuse charges after deputies say surveillance video captured her aggressively handling three toddlers. Deputies received a complaint on Tuesday about 26-year-old Jamie Smithmyer where a witness told... Read More.

A Bradenton man was sentenced to federal prison after he sold drugs near an elementary school in Bradenton. Roderick Lamar Duval, 39, was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for... Read More.

Gov. Ron DeSantis released his proposed 2019-2020 state budget earlier today. The 91.3 billion dollar spending plan is more than two percent higher than the current state budget.

Sarasota County officials are considering organizing a water quality summit. Commissioners told the Herald-Tribune the event would also serve as an opportunity to highlight steps the county has taken to ensure clean water and... Read More.

For the first time in more than a year, red tide levels across the state was spotted at “not present” to “background” concentrations. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission tested more than 100... Read More.

Officials with the Sarasota County teachers’ union are fighting against a proposed extension for Superintendent Todd Bowden. Union head Barry Dubin Thursday called the proposal "a move to help strip employee rights and job... Read More.

A Florida Keys man is under arrest after authorities say he pushed his girlfriend off a balcony.Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said the 22-year-old woman fell from a 13-foot high balcony Wednesday... Read More.

A new era in the Medicaid program will begin Friday when the state eliminates a long-standing policy about paying health-care bills that accumulate while people prepare to apply for coverage. What's not clear, though,... Read More.