The Sarasota Co sheriffs office is asking the public for help in finding a boater who has been missing since Monday afternoon. 50-year-old Todd Battaglino, who his family described as an avid boater who... Read More.

Authorities say a Sarasota Co. Sheriffs deputy has been suspended without pay for two days and removed from his agency’s SWAT team after guns and other equipment were stolen from his unlocked patrol vehicle.... Read More.

Around 80,000 gallons of wastewater entered Wares Creek in Bradenton after a force main broke late Monday night. The 18-inch force main broke at the lift station on 8th Avenue W around midnight and... Read More.

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis was sworn in as Florida’s new governor on today with promises to keep taxes low and to make schools and the environment a priority. In a speech filled... Read More.

Police are trying to determine whether an ambulance crew was targeted with gunshots during an early morning call. Sarasota police spokeswoman Genevieve Judge said that a crew from the Sarasota County Fire Department responded... Read More.

Authorities say a man fatally shot on a busy Florida interstate has died from his injuries. Lee County Sheriff’s officials say 30-year-old Ronald Green was shot on Interstate 75 on Dec. 16. Authorities are looking... Read More.

A company that makes the so-called black boxes -the flight data recorders- is leaving Sarasota County after nearly 40 years. L3 Aviation Products and its staff of about 140 are packing up and moving... Read More.

Red tide has returned to the area. Mote Marine Laboratory reported medium concentrations near its dock at New Pass in Sarasota Bay over the weekend, and very low levels were found at Venice Jetty... Read More.