Sarasota FL

Deputies in Florida say Susan Avalon, the woman suspected of shooting two of her ex-husbands last Wednesday, had tipped off police to one of the crimes with her response to a question.

SARASOTA — Shelia Roberson has been named Sarasota County's director of Communications.

James Scott Cooper and Jacqueline Ault Cooper, of Osprey, sold their home at 622 Bayshore Drive to R. Clay Ham and Sarah Grace Ham, of Osprey, for $5.35 million. Built in 2022, it has six bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,784 square feet of living area. Top sales around...

Soprano Renée Fleming is coming to the Tampa Bay area to perform “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene.”. She said the project was born out of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she had just moved to Virginia. That’s when she realized that being outside was the best thing for her well-being.

NORTH PORT — A North Port Police officer was involved in a crash involving a wrong-way driver Thursday at Sumter Boulevard and Tamiami Trail.

Ten years ago, Jennifer Rominiecki was a top-ranking official with the New York Botanical Garden who had never been to the Gulf Coast of Florida, much less Sarasota. She had known about Marie Selby Botanical Gardens by its reputation, though, renowned for having the largest scientifically documented collections of...

One of the nation’s largest homebuilders closed on a land acquisition deal Tuesday in Lakewood Ranch with plans to transform it into a resort-style community. Homebuilder Taylor Morrison plans to transform the new parcel into its latest project, Esplanade at Cammaray, which will include 1,200 new single-family homes...

Dec. 24, 2025)– Santa Claus made a special stop at Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) to bring holiday cheer to children and families in the hospital this week. From tiny hand squeezes to heartfelt smiles, Santa shared precious moments and photos with families of newborns and children hospitalized during the holidays.

The spectacle that is the circus: the big top, performances, clowns, men and women flying through the air with the greatest of ease, and — before concern over animal welfare — elephants performing tricks. The circus has had a long and storied history of entertaining audiences, and much...

Your New Year’s fitness goals just got a lot more affordable. 6 Laps, the popular footwear and apparel store opened by the team behind Fit2Run, just announced a flash sale: all footwear in the store is 20% off from December 26-29, with limited exclusions. The holiday sale makes it...