Sarasota FL

Feb. 25, 2026 – Sarasota Memorial Hospital has once again been named among the world’s top medical centers in Newsweek’s 8th annual World’s Best Hospitals rankings, released today. SMH remains the only health system in southwest Florida ever to earn a place on the prestigious global...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Charlotte County deputies are investigating over a dozen burglaries in Englewood, where homes with hurricane shutters have become targets for thieves, indicating that no one is home. "We need those shutters because they really help protect us and keep us safe," said Englewood resident Gary...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Passing by Hart’s Landing now, you will see fences blocking off where Sarasota’s oldest bait shop used to stand. Hart’s Landing to Sherman Baldwin is more than just a property he manages. “It breaks my heart every time I see it. So many...

There is a place in Florida where you can push a kart to its limits, feel the G-forces through every corner, and walk away with your heart still racing. It sits on 18 landscaped acres along a busy highway, and most people drive right past it without a second glance.

Two Florida sheriff’s offices on Tuesday took back planned bonuses for their immigration officers, striking tens of thousands of dollars in already-approved state grant requests. The Sarasota and Palm Beach County sheriff’s offices are the first local law enforcement agencies to decide they don’t want the state to...

Reported crime in Manatee County took a steep dive in 2025, with officials touting a nearly one-fifth drop countywide. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says overall crime fell 19.7 percent last year and is crediting its deputies for the shift, highlighting the numbers in a bold social media graphic that paints a...

Rock legend Dickey Betts — a Florida native who co-founded the influential Allman Brothers Band — has been officially honored by his home state. A pioneering lead guitarist who composed numerous hit songs and revered instrumentals, Betts is best known as the singer and songwriter of the Allman Brothers’ lone Top 5...

Over the years, we’ve written about Gulf Gate’s groovy midcentury ranch homes, its low-slung time-capsule charm and its eclectic strip of mom-and-pop-owned restaurants and bars where the parking is still free. We know it as a place where the locals go and admire its refusal to become overly polished.

Sarasota County deputies are in the middle of a campaign aimed at educating parents and teens on the rules surrounding e-motos or electric motorcycles.

STARKE, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida executed Melvin Trotter, 65, Tuesday evening for the 1986 murder of Virgie Langford, a 72-year-old Palmetto grocery store owner. Jordan Kirkland, communications director for the Florida Department of Corrections, said the sentence was carried out at 6:15 p.m. Feb. 24, 2026, and that the...