Sarasota FL

After more than a decade of waiting, shovels are finally in the ground at Sarasota Station. One Stop Housing broke ground Jan. 15 on the long-delayed workforce housing development on Fruitville Road, a project that will bring 202 income-restricted apartments and is slated to open to residents in the first quarter of...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Twenty-six years after an unsolved homicide left the Hunter family from Sarasota searching for answers, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 56-year-old Kevin Holloway, who Sheriff Kurt A. Hoffman said is connected to the murder of Esco Hunter Jr. In a press...

Mattison’s, the family of restaurant and catering brands helmed by Executive Chef Paul Mattison, appears to be expanding to its fifth location. The family comprises two brands: Mattison’s Forty-One, located at 7275 S Tamiami Trail (the address that also houses Mattison’s Catering), and Mattison’s City Grille, which...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A procession of law enforcement vehicles traveling along Interstate 75 in Sarasota drew widespread attention on social media Friday after residents spotted flashing lights from multiple units. The convoy was transporting the body of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Diego from Tallahassee...

SARASOTA — Sarasota County Schools announced it has secured a Hope Florida Model School District designation, expanding access to vital family supports and resources.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Our record high Saturday is 88° from 2018. We are NOT that warm today, but Saturday is our last warm day for a long time. We’re tracking another cold front. As it gets closer Saturday we’re in the warm air. The front moves through the Suncoast Sunday. Our best chance of rain is Sunday morning,...

There is a particular kind of silence that falls over a community when the unthinkable happens . It isn’t the peaceful quiet of a Sarasota sunset or the hushed anticipation of a Sunday morning. It is a heavy, pressurized stillness — the kind that follows a shattered glass or a sudden scream. On February 10, that...

Two days before the print deadline, student journalists Ava Lenerz and Alex Lieberman learned their stories were being withheld from publication. A post-it note stuck on top of the draft pages said they were under review after they were submitted to the principal for final proofing. "We weren't really given...

SARASOTA — As a handful of parents and community members gathered to protest outside North Port High after school let out Friday, Sarasota County Schools officials are devising a policy to ban students from doing the same thing.

A popular Sarasota business open since 2003 has announced it will be shutting its doors. After more than two decades of offering artistic reuse of an eclectic mix of items, Jesse White is closing the Central Avenue site of Sarasota Architectural Salvage. Current plans call for the warehouse, located just north of...