Siesta Key residents aren't happy with the Sarasota County Commission's change to allow businesses to be built closer to the sidewalk. A proposed rule change would eliminate a requirement that currently states buildings over... Read More.

The City of Venice next month is starting their second phase for the city's automated trash pick-up. 3,000 new cans will go out in the middle of February in Capri Isles, East Venice Ave.,... Read More.

The Florida Music Education Association has honored the music programs of a pair of Sarasota County middle schools as well as a teacher from Laurel Nokomis Elementary school. Charles Allen received the association's Music... Read More.

Police in Longboat Key are currently investigating the death of a 54 year old woman that found in a sauna earlier this week. Police were called to the Moorings Harbourside clubhouse Tuesday evening and... Read More.

Getting vaccinated for the human papillomavirus would be a requirement for all public school kids if a bill passes through the Florida legislature. Democratic State Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez of Miami is the lead... Read More.

A veteran who calls Bradenton home has been sentenced to home detention after a guilty plea of defrauding the government. Why? Because he pretended to be blind. 71-years-old Doyle Mullins Jr., who is indeed... Read More.

An arrest was made Monday of a Venice High School football player just days before the team is scheduled to be part of a championship parade. 18-year-old Jeremy Trebbles was arrested in Sarasota and... Read More.

Proper procedure was followed. That's the word from Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells about an officer-involved shooting that happened Tuesday night in Bradenton. A man was shot and killed by a deputy even though... Read More.