Behind the headlines and deadlines has been Alan Shaw, a Sarasota native whose career has paralleled the newspaper.

Two childcare programs in DeSoto County have closed in the last five months, leaving working families in the resource-strapped community in trouble.

Sarasota is the latest stop for Maxwell Frost and Chris Murphy, as they visit areas where Republican members of Congress have not held town halls.

From January to March 2025, city public works crews removed nearly 7,000 cubic yards of debris left by Hurricane Ian from 3.8 miles of the waterway. An additional 3,600 cubic yards of yard waste were ...

The city of Sarasota’s Development Review Committee signed off on a two-story, 4,230-square-foot building for the Sarasota Youth Sailing Program.

Sarasota Orchestra’s final Discoveries concert features the ‘Spring’ and ‘Summer’ sections of Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons.’ ...

Sarasota County has outlined plans to spend $75 million to dredge local waterways, but flooded residents are wondering why it wasn't done before.

A slow-moving storm is forecast to bring several days of much-needed rain to drought-striken Florida, but too much could cause flooding.

A brief excerpt and explanation of the point of the one-man play ‘Clowns Like Me’ with Scott Ehrenpreis.

Lifeline Productions, which launched with ‘Clowns Like Me,’ expands its mental health programming with new leaders and a new play.

Residents met with federal, state, and Sarasota County officials to discuss concerns about the upcoming hurricane season.

Sarasota County broke ground on an $8.75 million renovation of Snook Haven, a 2.5-acre park on the Myakka River. The project will replace the existing restaurant with a food concession building, ...