As Sarasota County grapples with a burgeoning jail population, debating a $700 million expansion, programs seek to curb ...

Higher education is facing unprecedented attacks in Florida and the U.S., affecting what subjects can be taught among other ...

In Florida, and across America, higher education is facing unprecedented attacks—affecting what subjects can be taught, how ...

The middle of the summer is among the busiest times in recruiting, and many of the nation's top players made their college ...

Sarasota Opera presents “Foul Play,” Colin Higgins' 1978 film about a librarian (Goldie Hawn) who finds herself in the middle ...

Venice Theatre paused its SummerStock program for high school and college students after Hurricane Ian damaged its main building.

Imagine growing up along the shores of Sarasota’s Phillippi Creek, back in the more bucolic 1950s and ’60s, in a house ...

Aman filed in House District 37, where Plasencia in November won re-election by fewer than 500 votes over Democrat Nate ...

In these two metro areas, more than 80% of residents are homeowners. The North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL area has the ...

The composite top 70 talent in the 2026 class is ranked as the fourth-best player in the state by 247Sports and the second-best cornerback in the country. He visited the Gators on multiple occasions, ...

Cornerback Chauncey Kennon, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound defender from Sarasota, Florida who is No. 48 in the 2026 ESPN 300, ...

Ron DeSantis vetoed the four appropriation requests that Manatee County commissioners supported in the state’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget June 30.  Commissioner Jason Bearden called the vetoes ...