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Gifted lands created parks and preserves—now one Sarasota County commissioner is pushing to rezone and sell part of it to himself.

The Sarasota County Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday to rezone more than eight acres of land in Englewood for a Buddhist monastery. This is…

Burn ban now in effect due to dry conditions in Sarasota County

Red tide is getting worse in the Tampa Bay area, causing fish kills last week in parts of Sarasota County.

Several students from Lee and Sarasota county schools were among those scored winning entries in the annual Florida History Day contest administered by the Museum of Florida History. This year’s state contest was held at Tallahassee Community College on May 6 with the top student entries from the 32 Florida counties participating. Winners were announced today.

Sarasota County officials are taking another stab at creating a bicycle and pedestrian safety plan.In six years, Sarasota County saw more than one…

Sarasota County could be on the hook for $300 million in medical bills for care that private hospitals gave to poor patients after a state Supreme Court...

The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, is persisting along Southwest Florida's coast. The toxic algae has made its way up to Manatee County from Collier County.

Perseverance, a lucky sweater, and an uncanny resemblance to one of world’s most iconic authors. That was the winning formula that helped a 69-year-old man from Key West, Florida, win the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest title this weekend in the Southernmost City in the U.S.A Key West local, Tim Stockwell, captured the coveted title, beating out more than a hundred contestants to make the top 5. And it was in that final round that he offered a compelling story as to why he deserved to be “Papa 2025.”

Dangerous Milton continues to cross Florida bringing damaging winds, flash flooding and severe weather