Sarasota News

What is the deal with circus clowns and baldness? There is probably a Freudian explanation, but it never fails that when clowns interact with an audience, they always seem to gravitate toward bald men to mime polishing their heads or otherwise make fun of them.

Three parcels of land on U.S. 301 totaling 1.2 acres will cost the city $4.7 million.

Thursday, July 2 at 9:00 PM In the third and final hour from Tampa, Florida, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark Walberg steps right up to the Ringling Circus Museum in Sarasota, Florida, where appraisers Noel Barrett and Nicholas Lowry amaze and astound with displays of circus toys and posters.

Members of Sarasota's police union will hold a protest July 1 to demand City Manager Bob Bartolotta's resignation.

Widespread showers and thunderstorms continued to develop across the area on Wednesday.

The "Five Graces" bandwagon, once drawn by no less than 40 horses, is on display at the Museum of the American Circus in Sarasota, Fla.

Sarasota and the circus became forever linked more than 70 years ago when John Ringling decided to move the headquarters of his "Greatest Show on Earth" to the lovely Gulf Coast city where he spent his winters.

Sarasota County detectives have arrested a former boyfriend for killing a Venice couple who were found dead at their home Sunday morning.

Sarasota Sheriff's deputies are investigating an afternoon home invasion. A man and a woman with guns burst through the unlocked front door at 7868 Holiday Drive in Sarasota, bound the female homeowner's hands and feet, and stole electronic equipment.

Speedboat fans may be interested in the Super Boat International Racing Series event at Sarasota July 2-5. The 25th annual Panasonic Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival will feature a parade, block party, motorcycle ride and fireworks show on July 4 near Island Park on Sarasota Bay.

Cape Coral flooding gets costly Dozens of cars stalled in up to five inches of water.

Miles offshore, a fight is raging between angry anglers armed with guns and bombs and bottlenose dolphins, the marine mammals popularized in movies and TV shows like "Flipper." Boat captains say dolphins, known for their toothy grins and playfulness, are growing increasingly aggressive in their quest for food, with some taking fish right off the ...

The surface parking lot on Palm Avenue will be replaced by a city-owned parking garage.

A one-vehicle accident on Interstate 49 has claimed the life of a Florida man and a 12-year-old girl.

Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 6:43 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 6:43 p.m. Former Ronald Reagan advisor Ed Rollins told about 350 people at the Sarasota County Lincoln Day dinner on Tuesday night that the party is not as lost as the pundits make it sound.

He is 4 months old and covered in hair. When this wide-eyed wonder was born his natural mother didn't want anything to do with him.

A Bradenton man fled from sheriff's deputies in a stolen car Monday morning before crashing it into a tree, where the car caught fire and he was arrested, the Sarasota Sheriff's Office said.

The parents of a Sarasota County teenager have been charged with child neglect in the boy's death.

A woman is in the hospital after being stabbed defending her friend. It happened just before 2am Monday on Bee Ridge Road at the Strathmore Garden Apartments.

A fisherman nearly drowned in the Indian Beach area of Sarasota Wednesday. 51-year-old Mark Hebb of Sarasota fell into the water as he was fishing in the 2800 block of Bayshore Road.