South Florida Museum’s Parker Aquarium has a new director, and she told the Herald-Tribune as the leader of the aquarium, her goal is to teach visitors what affects manatees in the wild and the... Read More.

Village On The Isle broke ground Thursday on two new facilities — Emerald Terraces at Village On The Isle, and the Luke Haven Health Center — in the latest phase of its $100 million... Read More.

The Sarasota County Fire Department conducted a prescribed burn at Carlton Reserve on Thursday. The Fire Department coordinated the burn with Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources. After more than 8800 fire incidents across... Read More.

The Florida Highway Patrol was able to get a drunk driver off Interstate 4, but not before she crashed into several vehicles. 28-year-old Brianna Dee Knox also had her 2-year-old son in the car... Read More.

Gov. Rick Scott made a stop at Manatee Technical College Wednesday and announced a $200,000 grant for student training. The grant is the first project that will benefit from Florida's job growth grant fund.... Read More.

The Fort Hamer Bridge has been placed in the Top 10 North American Projects in Roads and Bridges magazine. The bridge, which came in at number seven is being praised for staying on schedule... Read More.

If you saw police action at a 7-Eleven store near you it was due to a raid by U.S. immigration agents. The raids began early Wednesday when agents began interviewing employees in what is... Read More.

Dozens of child pornography files were found on the home computer of a Nokomis man after a search on Browns Road Tuesday. Dennis Dalrymple's computer was found with over 40 video files, according to... Read More.