Hurricanes Helene and Milton reopened the long-closed inlet in 2024, and boaters, manatees and county engineers are all paying attention now.

Sarasota County approved a master plan to rebuild Wellfield Park, but commissioners warn Amendment 3 could blow a hole in the budget.

SAACC wants a 250-seat hall and rooftop terrace in Newtown, but the city hasn't set a timeline yet.

Investigators worked the eastern Sarasota County scene, and officials said the public faces no ongoing threat.

A state rep called the city's tax-vote webpage illegal electioneering. The council pulled six links but kept the page up.

A 2-year-old girl was found alone, and officers later located her caregiver.

The pedestrian entered the northbound lanes at 60th Avenue West; the Palmetto driver was not hurt, troopers say.

Skye Isle residents, who live mostly on Social Security, will stay put through a floor-by-floor rebuild wrapping up in 2027.

Homes are on sale at Cotella Cove in PulteGroup's planned 420-home Bradenton community.

Gino Battisti has returned home safely after deputies searched for him; a license plate camera had captured his SUV hours after he vanished.

The Glacier-made robot picks cans and bottles up to 60 times a minute at Circular Services' Sarasota plant.

Kyre Wright allegedly watched his former partner through her own apartment camera and threatened her new partner too, police say.

The Venice Pier Group's planned 10th Street restaurant at The Bay passed its first city review, but a buried brine line still blocks the building footprint.