Sarasota FL

ENGLEWOOD — Sarasota County Commissioners have set a meeting to discuss potential land use changes that will allow development of the Winchester Ranch planned community off River Road between Englewood and North Port.

BRADENTON, FLORIDA — A 14-year-old Florida teen is recovering after a nearly 17-hour lifesaving surgery in which doctors were forced to amputate her left leg, weighing 174 pounds, after a rare and aggressive medical condition became life-threatening, according to physicians at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital....

A salute to Officer Christopher Giddens , Bradenton Police Department’s Life-Saving Award recipient. Days before Thanksgiving, Giddens responded to a call involving a welfare check on a woman from her concerned family. He found her barely conscious in a closet, struggling to breathe. Giddens quickly resolved the...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida Missing Child Alert was issued Sunday for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen in Manatee County. Jordan Tobey was last seen in the area of the 4800 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive in Longboat Key, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Sunday afternoon.

Sarasota County again placed two master-planned communities near the top of the national rankings in 2025, underscoring the area's outsized role in the U.S. master-planned housing market. According to RCLCO, a national real estate consulting and research firm, Lakewood Ranch ranked No. 2 overall among master-planned...

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (WWSB) - A Florida Missing Child Alert has been issued for 14-year-old Jordan Tobey. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), she was last seen Jan. 10, in the area of the 4800 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive in Longboat Key. Tobey is 5-feet,...

VENICE — A consulting firm sent a notice to area governmental bodies last year, requesting their support of creating a new special district around the University Town Center in Sarasota.

VENICE — The Venice City Council will get a progress report on the Venice Municipal Airport master plan update Tuesday, including a forecast of annual aircraft operations.

When Poppy Jane Co. opened its doors in Downtown Sarasota this November, it marked both a homecoming and a new chapter for co-owners and mother-daughter pair Sharon Mautz and Kait Poepperling, who have spent nearly a decade building their business together. What began eight years ago as a small online venture run out...

With over 650 guests attending the annual Hospital Gala hosted by the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees, the ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, was near capacity on Jan. 10. Guests came out in their finest dress: tuxxed men and gowned women attired in every color under the rainbow...