Sarasota County is turning to the public for help in naming three new nature preserves. The lands due to be named are adjacent to the T. Mabry Carlton Jr. Memorial Reserve, including the Churchill... Read More.

The SunCoast Reef Rovers (Venice Dive Club) annual Venice Fishing Pier underwater cleanup is scheduled for Saturday morning, July 15, 2017 (weather permitting). Please spread the word. All divers are welcome to attend and partake... Read More.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a 37-year-old man who they say is an active heroin dealer in Manatee and Sarasota Counties. The Special Investigations Unit began to track Joshua Smith after arrest... Read More.

The SKY Family YMCA this week hosted a neighborhood workshop to discuss a zoning change. The Y is trying to sell the church that is currently on its property. That means a zoning change... Read More.

Governor Rick Scott was in Sarasota yesterday for a ceremonial bill signing for a law that is meant to hold drug dealers accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic. The actual bill was... Read More.

Homeowners in southwest Florida are beginning to pay their mortgages on time once again. In Sarasota and Manatee counties, 3.6 percent of mortgages were at least 30 days late in April, down from 4.5... Read More.

A Lee County high school football player died after suffering a heat stroke during a practice last month. 16-year-old Zach Polsenberg was taken off life support Monday evening and died a short time later.... Read More.

A woman who was found mentally incompetent in 2008 has been found guilty of suffocating a boy in 1997. Karla Sevilla pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday for the October 1997 death of Michael... Read More.