Bradenton FL

SARASOTA, Fla. (Suncoast Searchlight) - A surprise proposal to make Sarasota’s city auditor and clerk the highest-paid employee on the city’s payroll is expected to be shelved — at least for now. The $44,000 raise, quietly added to Monday’s City Commission agenda, would boost Clerk Shayla Griggs’...

Burger paradise exists, and it’s hiding in plain sight on Anna Maria Island. Skinny’s Place in Holmes Beach isn’t trying to impress you with fancy decor or trendy menu items – it’s too busy grilling what might be the most perfect burger in the Sunshine State.

There’s something beautifully ironic about a place called “The Ugly Grouper” serving some of the most gorgeous food you’ll find on Anna Maria Island. This Holmes Beach treasure isn’t trying to win any beauty pageants with its name, but what happens in its kitchen deserves a culinary crown.

Shaner's Pizza, located at 6500 Superior Ave in Sarasota, Sarasota County, FL, was temporarily closed by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation after inspectors found eight violations, including rodent issues, during a July 10, 2025, inspection.

No gun. No eyewitnesses. No DNA found on any of the shell casings scattered across room 132 of the former Cabana Inn where a woman was found shot to death in December 2022. Despite the lack of certain physical evidence presented during trial , a six-person jury found Elon Dula, 48, guilty of murder in the second...

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:

TAMPA - Since its grand reopening in July 2020, the St. Pete Pier has become one of Florida’s most iconic waterfront destinations — blending dining, recreation, and community events across 26 acres of downtown shoreline. Now, five years later, the City of St. Petersburg is marking the milestone...

A Heat Advisory is active until 6pm Saturday as highs climb into the mid-90s and will feel more like 105 to 110 degrees this afternoon. An area of high pressure over the region will act as a “heat dome” and generate near-record heat across the Bay Area Saturday afternoon. Highs will climb to the mid-90s […]

NORTH PORT — North Port, which includes Wellen Park, had its home prices falling faster than anywhere in the nation. And Punta Gorda was close behind.

VENICE — Smaller robots are helping with smaller surgeries.