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SARASOTA, Fla. — With stores, restaurants, hospitals and hotels in the blueprints, a new development would give new residents no need to leave their own neighborhood. But current North Port residents are concerned about something this big coming to the area. When Kayla Lewis moved to North Port 20...

The final defendant tied to one of the largest coupon fraud schemes ever uncovered has been sentenced, closing another chapter in a case that began ... Read More

NORTH PORT — Officials with the North Port Police Department say there is currently a “sophisticated cellphone scam” going around where scammers can even get access to someone’s money.

A Sprouts Farmers Market anchored retail property in Venice has sold to a Detroit investor. The single-tenant parcel is at 1120 Jacaranda Blvd. just south of Interstate 75. According to SRS Capital Markets, which represented the seller and announced the deal, says it sold for $14.8 million. The deal, the...

A routine food inspection at Pokehub in Sarasota County, Florida, on June 3, 2026, resulted in 25 total violations being discovered and a warning issued by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, requiring a follow-up inspection.

We’re halfway through 2026, and in case you haven’t noticed, it’s been a brutal six months for Tampa Bay bars and restaurants. Citing everything from a tanking economy, rising inflation, ongoing hurricane recovery costs, changes in drinking patterns, and even GLP-1 weight loss medications, local restaurants have a lot

Longtime banking executive and national public official Bill Isaac, whose career ran from chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the 1980s to helping grow a Sarasota trust firm in the 2020s, has announced his retirement. Issac, who has lived in Sarasota’s Lido Shores neighborhood for some 20 years,...

Ian and Sheila Aitken, of Barrington, Illinois, sold their home at 119 N. Warbler Lane to David Cain, trustee, of Sarasota, for $6.55 million. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 5,099 square feet of living area. It sold for $3,825,000 in 2018. The Beach...

Manatee County is getting $6.1 million in federal funding for beach renourishment efforts along a federally authorized segment of Anna Maria Island between Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach. The funding, approved through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will support the placement of beach-compatible sand to replace sho

Manatee County commissioners revisited a controversial Piney Point contract amendment Tuesday after a vote on the item failed last week in a 3-3 tie. FOX 13's Kailey Tracy reports.