Sarasota FL

SARASOTA, FL — A year-long investigation into illegal wildlife activity has culminated in the arrest of two men and a minor, facing nearly 100 combined charges for the illegal killing of American alligators across three Florida counties. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the...

Sleet and Cabbage , the first two patients at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s rehabilitation facility, were released back into Florida waters earlier this month, after months of dedicated rehabilitation from Mote’s expert animal care teams. The manatees are Mote’s first rehabilitation patients following its new...

PALMETTO, Fla. — Bob Johnson, a former Islamorada mayor, marina owner and Florida Keys Free Press columnist with a passion for public service, died on Dec. 15. He was 82. Robert Eliot Johnson was born in 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, and most recently lived in Palmetto, just north of Bradenton. He spent 40 years in...

*** DRAFT *** THIS POST IS SPONSORED **** THIS TEXT WILL BE REMOVED AS SOON AS PAYMENT IS MADE. Downtown Sarasota used to feel like a place where the skyline stayed politely in the background. Water, palms, arts venues, and low-rise blocks did most of the talking. Lately, height has started to take the microphone....

MANATEE COUNTY (WFLA) — Manatee County drivers will soon see changes to the speed limit on a number of roadways. Commissioners approved the ordinance to make the changes last week. Public Works Director Chad Butzow explains it was a combination of things that prompted staff to analyze the speed along different...

Manatee County 911 telecommunicators have helped callers deliver five babies over the phone in the last three months. FOX 13's Ariel Plasencia reports.

SARASOTA, Fla. — One Sarasota restaurant is getting ready to ring in the new year by finally reopening next week. Nonno Umberto Seafood and Steakhouse, formerly Le Colonne in St. Amrands is opening Monday at 5 p.m. This comes after last year’s hurricanes left the restaurant devastated. What...

The Sarasota–Manatee housing market didn’t exactly behave itself this November. Sales climbed in some segments, prices fell in others, and inventory—especially condos—kept piling up, leaving buyers with more room to maneuver and sellers adjusting expectations as the holidays near. In Sarasota County, single-family...

We are current and former USF Sarasota–Manatee campus board members, campus student leaders, former regional chancellors, community partners and donors who have been part of the campus 50-year history. Together we have contributed to building USFSM to reflect the aspirations of our fast-growing, forward-thinking...

ENGLEWOOD EAST — Every year, Anahid “Ana” Shammassian’s list of “grand” neighborhood kids grows longer — and she loves it.