Gas prices held steady during the first week of 2018 across Southwest Florida. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded across the Suncoast was $2.42 on Monday. That's unchaged from a week ago,... Read More.

JFCS of the Suncoast has been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Charlotte P. Graver Fund and Community Foundation of Sarasota County. The grant will go to provide support for the organization's community based outreach... Read More.

US Congressman Vern Buchanan was in Manatee County on Monday, touting a law that was added into the Republican tax reform bill. The Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act was drafted and sponsored by a... Read More.

Rescuers are bringing cold-stunned sea turtles in Florida to warmer waters. Young turtles often live in the shallow waters where waters get colder faster while bigger turtles swim into warmer water in the Gulf.... Read More.

Five people were taken to area hospitals after their canoe overturned near Longboat Key on Sunday morning. Three of the five were kids under 12, who were airlifted to All Children’s Hospital in Saint... Read More.

The Sarasota County School District has construction for a new elementary school near Ashton Elementary School tentatively on the books in the next five years, according to their district facilities plan. The school is... Read More.

Two North Port residents are facing animal cruelty charges after they put their pet cat in checked luggage. 21-year old Olivia Sari and Nicholas Larrison were flying from Erie, PA to Tampa when a... Read More.

Lee Health has decided to not allow children visit due to the increase in flu cases in the area. The change will now allow kids to visit patients in ICU, Pediatric ICU and Hematology... Read More.