Commissioners are backing a $75 million plan to dredge critical waterways, including Phillippi Creek, to mitigate future disasters. County staff presented the dredging plan at a public meeting on ...
A Florida senator has filed a bill to change a stretch of U.S. Highway 41 known as the Tamiami Trail to the “Gulf of America ...
From the Manatee River to Sarasota Bay, 177.8 million gallons of wastewater were released last hurricane season.
Safe Children Coalition representative and stakeholders gathered Wednesday morning for a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new youth shelter.
Thousands of fourth graders across Sarasota County learned about Buck O’Neil on Wednesday, a Negro League star and civil rights icon who grew up in the area. O’Neil’s decorated career saw him star on, ...
Lester Holt, the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” for a decade, announced that he is stepping down from the ...
Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office have arrested two men accused of breaking into a home to steal copper piping and wires.
The island was named "Best Island to Visit in the South for 2025" by Travel + Leisure and ranked as one of Forbes' top 12 ...
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota County announced that it has secured a 14.5- acre conservation easement on the Elling Eide property. The acquisition, made through the Environmentally Sensitive Lands ...
Doherty Holdings Seventeenth LLC and Sarasota Toy Cars LLC purchased the property at 7435 S. Tamiami Trail for $14 million in ...
Sarasota County commissioners are acknowledging the need to dredge major waterways after neighborhoods saw historic flooding during the 2024 hurricane season.