Sarasota FL

VENICE — The deadline to register for the Venice Police Department Citizens Police Academy has been extend to Friday, Dec. 26.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Today, the day after Christmas, will be warm and sunny across the area as high pressure remains in control. Afternoon temperatures will run well above average, winds will be light, and rain is not expected. Late tonight into early Saturday morning, areas of dense fog may...

Downtown Sarasota Pineapple Drop A large, free block party on Main Street and Lemon Avenue. Details: Festivities run from 1 p.m. on Dec 31 to 1 a.m. on Jan 1. The event features carnival rides, amusement games, live music from local bands, food and drink vendors, and full bars. The iconic glowing pineapple drops at...

Deputies in Florida say Susan Avalon, the woman suspected of shooting two of her ex-husbands last Wednesday, had tipped off police to one of the crimes with her response to a question.

SARASOTA — Shelia Roberson has been named Sarasota County's director of Communications.

James Scott Cooper and Jacqueline Ault Cooper, of Osprey, sold their home at 622 Bayshore Drive to R. Clay Ham and Sarah Grace Ham, of Osprey, for $5.35 million. Built in 2022, it has six bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,784 square feet of living area. Top sales around...

Soprano Renée Fleming is coming to the Tampa Bay area to perform “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene.”. She said the project was born out of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she had just moved to Virginia. That’s when she realized that being outside was the best thing for her well-being.

Once upon a time more than 30 years ago, we were newcomers to the Sarasota/Manatee area. Our Midwestern roots set us apart from the local, native Floridians who shared stories of riding horses from “out east” to Lido Beach, commuting to work and school by boat, picnicking under the long-lost pines at Siesta Beach,...

NORTH PORT — A North Port Police officer was involved in a crash involving a wrong-way driver Thursday at Sumter Boulevard and Tamiami Trail.

Ten years ago, Jennifer Rominiecki was a top-ranking official with the New York Botanical Garden who had never been to the Gulf Coast of Florida, much less Sarasota. She had known about Marie Selby Botanical Gardens by its reputation, though, renowned for having the largest scientifically documented collections of...