A ban on all outdoor burning and the use of fireworks is now in effect through early next week in Manatee County.

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Lt. Gov. Jay Collins held a meeting with James Fishback, an anti-immigration activist who says “the great replacement of ...

Sarasota's John Hendershott is in a unique business: creating surfboard tables. He says as a result, it's easy for him to be ...

Christian and Bridget Ziegler have filed a lawsuit against the city of Sarasota and two Sarasota police detectives over the ...

The association was founded by Marcia Rader, the arts supervisor of the Sarasota County school system, when Sarasota was just ...

When and where is Sarasota’s Veterans Day parade, and what will be closed during the holiday? Here’s what we know.

Once a perennial favorite, Sarasota drops out of U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 national list of the Best Places to Retire, ...

From brunch spots where Elvis himself enjoyed a meal to 80-year-old fried chicken fixtures, here are 12 shuttered Florida restaurants we still crave.