More than 17 years after the abduction and murder of North Port mother Denise Lee, the man convicted of killing her is ...

Less known is Marcia Rader, an art supervisor in the Sarasota School System. In 1926, she banded together with a few other ...

The oldest house in Sarasota County was once the site of a murder plot that made the front page of The New York Times ...

After Sarasota County staff was preparing to deny a permit to remove protected mangroves from publicly owned shoreline along Lemon Bay in December 2023, Commissioner Ron Cutsinger pushed to have the ...

The Manasota branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and the Bradenton-Sarasota Chapter of The Links will host award-winning journalist, author, and historian ...

It has been just under a year since members of the Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation brought their plan for a new performing arts center within The Bay Park to the Sarasota City Commission, hoping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly five decades, the Sarasota County Tax Collector’s Office operated under a single administration. Longevity can create ...

After navigating a history that includes a wartime government occupancy, the Sarasota Yacht Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a big yearlong bash.

Sarasota County is closing in on purchasing a $18.1 million slice of waterfront property near Siesta Key which was once home to a popular restaurant, with plans to create a new public park and ...

The story was updated with additional information from Sarasota County. Sarasota County is aiming to reduce its government spending next year to avoid a budget shortfall. A model from August 2025 ...

A third-party audit of the Sarasota County Tax Collector’s Office revealed outdated systems and insufficient oversight. The office was found to be using legacy software and computer servers that had ...