Oscar Scherer State Park: Scrub Jays, Spring-Fed Lakes, and the Quiet Heart of Sarasota...
Between Sarasota and Venice, tucked between neighborhoods and the steady hum of U.S. 41, lies one of Florida’s most surprising pockets of wilderness: Oscar Scherer State Park. It should not exist, at least not in the way it does. This 1,400-acre tract somehow preserves the rarest habitats in the...
Tallevast, Part 3: Defense contractor ignores contamination cleanup pleas, activists charge
Defenders of the historically Black community say that, rather than shrink, polluted groundwater keeps spreading. Host: Decades after a military contractor polluted the groundwater in a majority African-American community in Manatee County, the cleanup is slow to come. WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez brings us Part 3...
Sarasota County, FL, restaurants with the most health violations in October 2025
Local diners who trust their favorite restaurants to serve safe food should pay attention to recent state inspection reports. Several Sarasota County eateries failed to meet basic food safety standards during October 2025, raising concerns about health practices at establishments across the community.
Area moms deliver some holiday cheer to deployed troops (copy)
As those in the military continue to serve around the world, local veterans groups have packaged up some holiday cheer to keep their spirits up.
For Sarasota County’s Elementary School Teacher of the Year, ‘It’s magic’
Some people know exactly what they want to be when they grow up. That wasn’t the case for Becky Hoffman, Sarasota County’s 2026 Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Growing up on a 65-acre farm in Maryland, Hoffman was surrounded by pigs, chickens, rabbits, and even a calf that she bottle-fed. After high school,...
St. Armands Black Friday seems less brisk this year
Black Friday looked very different for Monkee's of Sarasota. The St. Armands Circle boutique had just reopened after hurricanes Milton and Helene, right in time for the national shopping extravaganza. Owner Lori Harpsoe said the shop offered Black Friday pink-ribbon deals and storewide discounts, as did other St....
NORTH PORT: 55+ cottage homes unveiled, available for purchase, rent
NORTH PORT — A new housing option for people 55 and older was unveiled in North Port on Wednesday.
Driver killed when car hits bridge support near Venice
VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - A driver was killed Thanksgiving Day when their car crashed into a bridge support pillar on I-75 near Venice, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators say the vehicle was heading north on I-75 near the River Road exit at about 2 p.m. when it left the roadway onto the grass shoulder and...
Market at Nathan Benderson Park provides midweek shopping
Selling everything from spices and honey to knitted products, 55 vendors filled the parking lot of Nathan Benderson Park on Nov. 25 and will for every Tuesday through March. The new Market at Nathan Benderson Park takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jessica Gill of My Promotions, the...
Chinese national arrested for picking up $15,000 from elderly victim as part of cyber...
Xin Liu, 40, a Chinese national whose address is listed in Apopka, was arrested on November 27 for participating in a scheme to defraud an elderly Gainesville victim of $15,000. The post Chinese national arrested for picking up $15,000 from elderly victim as part of cyber scam appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .
