Sarasota FL

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A new housing project is taking shape with a mission beyond bricks and mortar. A local nonprofit has officially broken ground on a development designed to support young adults aging out of the foster care system. The project aims to provide not just housing, but...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Organizations throughout Sarasota County are expanding services for people experiencing homelessness as a cold front moves across the Suncoast. Resurrection House, a day center serving unhoused individuals, is preparing for increased demand as temperatures drop. The center provides meals,...

Sarasota County Emergency Management has coordinated with municipal and community partners to provide cold weather shelters tonight, Tuesday, Dec. 30, due to the expected drop in temperatures. Salvation Army – Center of Hope (Sarasota) Location: 1400 10th St., Sarasota. Cold weather operation plan will be in effect...

Jams and Laura Rogers, trustees, of Longboat Key, sold the home at 845 Longboat Club Road to Vicki James, trustee, of Auburn, Indiana, for $30.3 million. Built in 2005, it has six bedrooms, six-and-two-half baths, a pool and 17,714 square feet of living area. It sold for $16.5 million in 2020.

The cost for the first phase of the 17th Street Regional Park, which began construction in early 2025. The cost of dining and retail upgrades in Concourse B and the terminal at SRQ Airport. $925,000. The sticker price of Sarasota Police Department’s new mobile command center. $375 million to...

NORTH PORT — Dates have been set for the community to watch movies under the stars early next year.

PALMETTO BAY, Fla. (CBS12) — Ring doorbell footage caught a sports car speeding through a South Florida backyard before slamming into concrete on Christmas Eve. According to WPLG, the Corvette crashed through a fence and into the Palmetto homeowners' boat, trailer, and the wall on the side of their house.

SARASOTA, Fla. — The annual Pineapple Drop takes place for New Year's Day in downtown Sarasota at Lemon Avenue and Main Street, followed by a fireworks show over the Bayfront. The Sarasota Police Department asks those planning to attend the festivities to leave backpacks, coolers and alcohol at home.

A Florida woman has been arrested after being accused of killing 2 of her ex-husbands on the same day! This sounds like something you'd see in a movie or on TV!. Unfortunately, it's all too real. I'm sure there will one day be a true crime documentary or some sort of media that covers this story. You don't hear about...

During COVID, Dimitri Syros was in law school at the University of Miami. He had no intentions of opening a restaurant. But food service is in his blood. His Greek family had restaurants his whole life, and he worked in them too. When classes went remote during the pandemic, Syros...