Sarasota FL

Wellen Park continues to rank among the fastest-selling master-planned communities in the U.S., earning the No. 8 spot for 2025 in RCLCO Real Estate Advisors’ annual Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities.

Mookie’s Deep Love Affair With Paula in Cortez, Florida. A Suncoast Story About Friendship, Alzheimer’s, and the Healing Power of a Small Dog. In the tight-knit fishing village of Cortez, where sunsets paint the sky over Sarasota Bay and neighbors quickly become family, some stories quietly unfold that remind us what truly matters.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Today: It’s been another beautiful day on the Suncoast! Isolated storm and shower activity has popped off in our inland locations with that rainfall being heavy at times! Great news for thirsty lawns. Tonight: Tonight will be partly cloudy with low temperatures in the low...

Dozens of residents gathered inside a quiet, gated subdivision off Tatum Road last week, many dressed in yellow golf shirts, to protest a plan they fear could transform their rural corner of east Sarasota County. They came in waves — retirees in polos, young families in T-shirts and jeans —...

In the front yard of the three-story pink house that fronts the Sleepy Lagoon neighborhood, multiple boats have sat unmoved for months, and weeds are sprouting under and around a trailer. Landscaping is in rough shape in general, a boat has sunk in the canal and the pool out back is no longer blue.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - An estimated 100,000 people are expected to line Manatee Avenue for the DeSoto Grand Parade. Organizers say more than 150 floats will enter this year’s parade. One of the floats will be from the Krewe of F-Troop Tampa, a non-profit known for their float “Fort Courage,” a reference to the 1960s military sitcom F-Troop.

Please, Sarasota city commissioners, vote "No" on the proposed 1260 N. Palm Ave condo project . It is completely out of place for that area. It would be just one more bloated condo building hellbent on destroying any charm that is left in Sarasota. If we had wanted to live in Fort Lauderdale, we would have moved there in the first place. Save Sarasota before...

Early Friday on I-75, troopers say a Tesla with Autopilot engaged was discovered stopped in the middle lane while its driver slept behind the wheel. The car reportedly came to a halt near mile marker 217 after its driver monitoring alerts failed to wake the 37-year-old motorist, who later tested at nearly twice Florida's legal blood alcohol limit, according to investigators...

John Nolen, who planned the city of Venice 100 years ago, was honored by the unveiling of a statue depicting him sitting on a bench by Centennial Park, looking at the plan.

Kaliya Taylor was 14 when she first approached her mother, Autumn Stosick, about wanting to open a coffee shop. Six years later, that dream has become a reality. The Daily Brew Station is scheduled to hold a soft opening for friends and family on April 28, with a grand opening to follow on May 5. The shop began as a coffee trailer in August...