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Ben Quartermaine to provide ‘direction, transparency’ for new county stormwater department. The 2024 hurricanes proved the importance of a healthy, updated stormwater system in Sarasota County. Formerly a component of the public works department, the new stormwater department was established in July to intensify...

Audubon credits conservation while urging residents to protect nesting and resting sites. Siesta Key’s beaches and shoreline are home to a great variety of shorebirds who live amongst us. Shorebirds, as their name implies, live along the shoreline. To find their food, they dive into the water for fish...

OSPREY – One middle school summer break, while Rogan Donelly was “interning” at the family business, his father Norbert Donelly called him over to where the concrete floor was drying in an expansion area of Tervis Tumbler's combined manufacturing plant, corporate headquarters and retail store. “I had to write my name...

Some St. Petersburg residents are gathering to bring back color to some of the removed murals.

Mote Marine Laboratory has received $250,000 from the state of Florida to support its Strategic Snook Stock Enhancement Initiative, just weeks after releasing a record number of juvenile snook into Sarasota waters. State Rep. Danny Nix presented the check to Mote on July 21, calling the program an investment in...

Florida’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants routinely inspects restaurants, food trucks and other food service establishments for public health and cleanliness issues. The reports are public information. During recent inspections, a food, drink and ice cream stand at a Manatee County park was briefly shut down after...

The U.S. Coast Guard and Manatee County Sheriff's Office said they are searching for a swimmer who disappeared near Anna Maria Island's Bean Point Beach on Sunday night.

Sometimes the best seafood comes from places that don’t need fancy tablecloths or waiters in bow ties – just the freshest catch and a kitchen that knows what to do with it. That’s exactly what you’ll find at Fourth Street Shrimp Store in St. Petersburg, Florida, where unpretentious...

“This is senseless destruction of culture out here today,” University of South Florida St. Petersburg graduate psychology student Jackson Nash-Sembler said, as he watched the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) paint over “Fluid Structures,” the campus’ street mural. Nash-Sembler was one of the many students...

Cortez, FL – On Sunday, October 20, 2025, the community is invited to come together for a heartwarming and powerful evening of music, compassion, and unity at the Swordfish Grill and Tiki in Cortez, Florida. The event, titled “Giving Back: A Night for Charlee & Nova,” is dedicated to raising funds and awareness for...