Sarasota FL

This improves worker and public safety, says the county’s chief of mosquito control. Host: Sarasota County has come up with a new way of killing mosquitos: By applying pesticides from drones. Ramon Lopez reports. Ramon Lopez: Development of drone technology has advanced to the point that the aerial platforms...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Ingman Marine, a local, family-owned and operated business has been fulfilling boater’s needs for decades.

BRADENTON, Fla. - A fire at the Coral Club Apartments in Bradenton required several agencies to respond on Friday afternoon, according to Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue. Crews arrived at 1:29 p.m. to heavy fire and smoke from the back of the building, and heavy smoke from all three levels at the front of the building.

The North Port Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person critically injured Sunday night. Around 8 p.m., officers were called to the 8200 block of Osbert Avenue for reports of a gunshot victim, police said. The suspected shooter was detained at the scene. The victim was airlifted...

North Port Police said they are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital with critical injuries. Police said the people involved knew each other.

SARASOTA, Fla. — Data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shows hit-and-run crash numbers are going down, but experts say the numbers are still high and legislators could be doing more to track down potential hit-and-run suspects. It’s a cause the family of 13-year-old Lilly...

Florida's Longest Bike Trail: The Coast-to-Coast Connector. Currently under development, the Coast to Coast Connector is set to span an impressive 250 miles across Central Florida, linking the communities of St. Petersburg on the Gulf Coast to Titusville on the Atlantic Coast. Upon completion, it will offer cyclists...

ENGLEWOOD — The family of a young boy who was killed after being hit by a Jeep is asking for community prayers and support.

VENICE — Forty area churches teamed up to create 13,170 gift-filled shoeboxes that will go to children across the world.

BRADENTON, Fla. — It is hard to pick who will get to read the Lewis family's favorite book sometimes. Mariah Lewis, 5, crosses her little arms, mad that her older brother Miles, 7, gets to read it out loud today. Not only getting the role of the narrator, Miles...