Sarasota County News

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is stepping up its efforts to curb drunk driving with DUI "saturation patrols" this weekend and next.

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged in a vicious attack that left another teen boy unconscious last week on Siesta Beach, authorities said Thursday.

NASA has awarded Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County the a grant for the implementation of NASA's Summer of Innovation Program.

Sarasota County Area Transit officials have laid out plans to try to obtain more than 60 new buses over the next five years that will be used in routes all over Sarasota County.

Additional charges have been filed against a former Sarasota County School Board IT employee arrested in late January on multiple counts of possession of child pornography, just days before he was scheduled to take a plea deal in the case.

One Saturday a week before Christmas 1959, a young ranch hand, his wife and their children spent the day running errands.

The state's unemployment numbers fell to 7.2 percent in April, still below the national average, as more people are finding work in the Sunshine State.

In a move this week that frees up $8.1 million for the county's general fund to go toward capital projects, the Sarasota County Commission decided to reduce its emergency/disaster relief reserve from 90 days to 75.

Roman and his co-defendant allegedly punched Prater several times and rendered him unconscious.

Manatee and Sarasota counties are being asked to commit $6.5 million more to help bring the 2017 World Rowing Championships to Nathan Benderson Park.

Educational leaders and administrators from USF Sarasota-Manatee, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and Ringling College of Art and Design signed memos of understanding creating the program, which allows students to enroll in participating schools for further After completing undergraduate degrees at Ringling College or taking arts courses ... (more)

The Herald's move to the heart of downtown will add more traffic and people to what promises to be a vibrant area this fall.

A new stretch of roadway running parallel to Interstate 75 is proving to be a tantalizing force, as East County residents eagerly await the opening of a new north-south connector between University Parkway and Fruitville Road.

Additional charges have been filed against a Sarasota County School Board IT employee arrested in late January on multiple counts of possession of child pornography, just days before he was scheduled to take a plea deal in the case.

A Sarasota County Sheriff's Office operation aimed at cracking down on crime in north Sarasota has resulted in the arrests of 53 people, including a trio of teenagers with connections to nearly 30 vehicle burglaries, officials said Wednesday.

US 41: Over South Creek: Bridge maintenance project: The shoulder of the roadway will temporarily be closed on Thursday, May 16 beginning at 12 p.m. while crews pour concrete.

With state Rep. Doug Holder, R-Venice, facing term limits next year, Dr. Julio Gonzalez, an orthopedic surgeon from Venice, is off to an impressive head start as he looks to represent parts of Sarasota County.

Rick Scott has yet to file for a second term for governor, but he's already drawn a primary opponent -- Elizabeth Cuevas Neunder, founder and CEO of the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commence of Florida, and a longtime Republican activist and candidate from Sarasota.

The cost for an MRI averages $270 more in Bradenton and other Manatee County communities than it does in Sarasota County.

St. Petersburg, Florida -- Watch Sally Adams' DUI arrest video and the 52-year-old from Michigan says there is no reason she should have been hauled off to the Sarasota County Jail where she later blew .034 and .036. Both levels are well under the legal limit of .08. But Adams says she felt something might be wrong from the moment she locked eyes ... (more)