Sarasota FL

SARASOTA — Sarasota County Schools announced it has secured a Hope Florida Model School District designation, expanding access to vital family supports and resources.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Our record high Saturday is 88° from 2018. We are NOT that warm today, but Saturday is our last warm day for a long time. We’re tracking another cold front. As it gets closer Saturday we’re in the warm air. The front moves through the Suncoast Sunday. Our best chance of rain is Sunday morning,...

There is a particular kind of silence that falls over a community when the unthinkable happens . It isn’t the peaceful quiet of a Sarasota sunset or the hushed anticipation of a Sunday morning. It is a heavy, pressurized stillness — the kind that follows a shattered glass or a sudden scream. On February 10, that...

Two days before the print deadline, student journalists Ava Lenerz and Alex Lieberman learned their stories were being withheld from publication. A post-it note stuck on top of the draft pages said they were under review after they were submitted to the principal for final proofing. "We weren't really given...

SARASOTA — As a handful of parents and community members gathered to protest outside North Port High after school let out Friday, Sarasota County Schools officials are devising a policy to ban students from doing the same thing.

A popular Sarasota business open since 2003 has announced it will be shutting its doors. After more than two decades of offering artistic reuse of an eclectic mix of items, Jesse White is closing the Central Avenue site of Sarasota Architectural Salvage. Current plans call for the warehouse, located just north of...

Commissioner Ron Cutsinger has been pushing to have the county abandon it. He owns property next to it. After Sarasota County staff was preparing to deny a permit to remove protected mangroves from publicly owned shoreline along Lemon Bay in December 2023, Commissioner Ron Cutsinger pushed to have the county abandon...

In the City of Sarasota, the most powerful person at City Hall is not elected. The city operates under a commission-manager form of government. Five elected commissioners set policy, pass ordinances and approve the budget. The mayor, chosen by fellow commissioners, presides over meetings and serves as the city’s...

BRADENTON — In a relatively uneventful hearing, Manatee County Commissioners granted Mosaic’s request for a 14-year extension to its Master Mining Plan (MMP) for its Four Corners Mine. Two Mosaic items were scheduled for hearings during the Wednesday land use meeting: the amendment to extend the MMP and...

The Bradenton Area River Regatta is this weekend, and several roads will be closed to accommodate the event. The activities will begin on Friday, Feb. 20, with musical performances and a drone light show in Bradenton’s Rossi Park Pavilion Stage. No road closures will take place on Friday; however, the Rossi Park...