Search results for

Residents of Manatee and Sarasota counties will vote on whether or not to support their respective school through property taxes in a special election...

The Sarasota County Commission has rejected a preemptive ban on recreational marijuana because of an error found in the ordinance.

Sarasota and Manatee counties will close all public beaches amid worries about the spread of the coronavirus.

Sarasota County Commissioners have voted to reopen beaches. But there will be restrictions . Beginning Monday, people will be able to walk, swim and...

A senior Sarasota County staffer called the developer’s proposal ‘insulting’ and urged the county to abandon negotiations.

Milton finally breaches the West Coast of Florida, and weather will continue threatening lives across the Florida Peninsula.

As the federal government intensifies its immigration crackdown, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has emerged as one of the Suncoast’s most active partners with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In recent months, Sheriff Kurt Hoffman’s deputies have patrolled the Everglades immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” and shuttled immigrants between detention facilities in Florida, earning more than $280,000 in state funding for the work. Meanwhile, the number of ICE detainers — which keep people up to 48 hours past their release date for possible detention and deportation — have quadrupled this past year inside the already crowded county jail.

WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and donate now. Thank you.

A recent report showed thousands of Sarasota County families are living beyond their means when it comes to housing. The report commissioned by the Gulf…

Each spring, third graders in Florida's public schools are required to take a reading exam , and a failing grade could result in a student being held...