Sarasota FL

SARASOTA — Following last year’s decision to decrease the number of meetings, some residents felt the Sarasota County School Board reduced their access to conversations.

A drunk Florida man allegedly mowed down a woman who was riding an "E-bike" and then drove for "approximately eight blocks" with her body on his windshield before she became "dislodged," cops say The post Hammered 22-year-old drives 8 blocks with woman's body on windshield of his Nissan Altima after mowing her down...

A man died after he was found unresponsive while swimming at Siesta Key Beach on Sunday.

One restaurant faced temporary closure while 267 total inspections were conducted across Sarasota County, FL, in August 2025. The latest inspection reports revealed that 215 establishments passed on their first visit and 52 failed initial inspections. State records showed that 36 restaurants were in the spotlight for...

Tucked away on a Sarasota side street, Walt’s Fish Market Restaurant is the kind of place that makes you wonder if you should tell your friends about it or keep it as your own delicious secret – a Florida treasure where the seafood is so fresh it might still be checking its text messages.

James and Melissa were so excited to get married. Weeks before, the couple learned that James was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. That paused their plans to get married. Others stepped in to make sure their wedding happened, even if different than initially planned. In a week, Parrish Medical Center and others...

Restaurateurs Laurie and Keith Farlow are honoring Laurie’s hometown Kentucky roots by implementing century-old “Prohibition Wood” into the design of their new steakhouse, Chophouse285, currently under construction at 285 Dearborn Street in the heart of historic downtown Englewood, Florida. “As someone who grew up in...

NOKOMIS — Aaron Wayne Kelly, 32, an independent singer/songwriter, was only 9 years old when he learned he had a voice good enough to compete on a national stage.

In the heart of Bradenton, Florida, there exists a place where alligator memorabilia meets mouthwatering wings, where the locals gather and visitors make pilgrimages just to taste what might be the Gulf Coast’s most addictive chicken appendages. RJ Gator’s of Bradenton isn’t just a restaurant – it’s a Florida...

Some places make you question everything you thought you knew about shopping, and Sunshine Thrift in Bradenton is definitely one of those places. This isn’t some cramped little shop where you have to squeeze between overstuffed racks and dodge precariously balanced towers of mysterious items. We’re talking about a...