Sarasota County is signaling a sharp reduction in spending to avoid a budget crisis, with planned growth of only 1.6% next year.

It’s early in the budget cycle for Sarasota County — closer to the first day of 2026’s spending plan than the last — but elected officers from constitutional departments last week nevertheless ...

Over 1,400 acres of Manatee County land are set to be protected from development after county leaders agreed to contribute $2 ...

It found that Los Angeles was the number one metropolitan area in the U.S. that homebuyers were leaving, with a net outflow of residents of -25,908. Their top destination within California was San ...

Armor Health donated $50,000 to Sheriff Carmine Marceno’s PAC while holding the Lee County jail healthcare contract.

Because investigations remain active, neither the United States Postal Service or the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office were willing to give specific information about a "multitude” of mail theft and ...

Vero Beach MLB umpire was a class act when he ran into a Port St. Lucie resident in Wisconsin. Slaughterhouse proposal in ...

Good Monday morning. Florida closed the books on its 2026 Legislative Session on Friday, with the Florida Chamber of Commerce ...

A woman was arrested Monday after she was accused of murdering her roommate, following an argument.

House Speaker Daniel Perez gave his farewell speech Thursday on the House floor, describing how the lower chamber asserted itself “to chart our own independent course through tu ...

Attention Florida-bound retirees: There's more to the Sunshine State than Disney, golf and beaches.

To: Longboat Key Commissioner Penny Gold. Hello Penny Gold, I noted your comments in the newspaper regarding traffic in the St Armands Circle and possibly hir ...