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Friday, October 9, 2026
- TheatreZone and FGCU theater program continue 14-year collaboration with 'Cabaret'
- How state officials fought for months to keep a lid on Hope Florida report
- Dengue fever cases on the rise in Florida
- More off-road vehicle access proposed in 230 square miles of the Big Cypress National Preserve
- Drought devastated wading bird nesting season in Everglades National Park
- Bishop Dewane to lie in state Tuesday to Wednesday; services Oct. 13 and 14
- Lee Schools to have a new athletics and activities code of conduct following improprieties in two high school programs
- Cabot Cove comes to Sarasota with 'Murder, She Improvised'
- I-75 at Daniels Parkway Interchange overnight NB ramp closures Oct. 11-15
- Vote-by-mail ballot request deadline is Oct. 22; sample ballots start to be mailed
- Frank J. Dewane, Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida, dies at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
- State appeals court expunges Hope Florida grand jury report
- Suncoast nonprofits preparing for potential cuts if property tax amendment passes
- Politics turns up the heat on latest plan to strike vaccines; groups lawyer up
- Vaccine change may bring largest measles outbreak ever
- Nick Pachota, Ryan Neill face off for House District 74
- Sarasota Polish-Americans to honor Gen. Casimir Pulaski
- New effort started inside Edison Mall to help small businesses grow
- Public health alert issued for chicken Vienna-style sausage products illegally imported from Jamaica
- Exhibitions at Art Center Sarasota, the Davis Art Center and BIG ARTS on Sanibel headline 30 shows at SWFL art centers in October
- NEA grant enables Ghostbird co-founder Barry Cavin to co-author play confronting AI in the visual and performing arts
- NAACP members, others again call for Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson's resignation and a full investigation of sexual misconduct claims
- Fate of Lee Civic Center in limbo, but still could face wrecking ball
- Fort Myers man gets 28 years in prison for 2025 convenience store robberies off I-75
- How a tattoo artist helps survivors during breast cancer awareness month
- Invasive pond slider turtles taking over Sanibel Island — very, very slowly
- Panther death reported in Collier County; 12th for the year in Florida — six males, six females
- Despite declared being 'over', recall expanded in frozen blueberry salmonella case
- Sprouting broccoli seeds sold via Amazon recalled due to possible salmonella contamination
- New season picking up momentum with five shows opening and three limited engagments