Gov. Rick Scott continued his two-day trip to Sarasota today talking about creating jobs in Sarasota and Manatee.
The award will be presented at the Florida Library Association 2012 Annual Conference, April 18-20, in Orlando.
A study by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin released the 2012 County Health Rankings as part of a national study
The U.S. Postal Service will host a meeting tonight to move the Manasota Processing & Distribution Center on Tellevast Road to Ft. Myers.
Health Management Associates will move from Venice to Sarasota in a larger office space and plans to add 217 jobs during the next two years.
Sarasota City Commission is preparing to sell vacant lots the city owns to fund unfunded health benefits and is interested in seeing G. WIZ Science Museum relocate to package with an adjacent parcel.
City Commission unanimously supports maintaining the ban on park benches at Selby Five Points Park.
Gov. Rick Scott will have a fundraiser reception at Marina Jack Thursday and while he will raise funds, Occupy Sarasota plans to protest outside.
Discussion with county commissioners turns to ordinances and other suggestions to manage drunkenness on the beaches.
A jury convicts Shawn Tyson of first degree murder in the fatal shootings last April.
Benderson Development Co. celebrated Friday the expansion of the lake at Nathan Benderson Park from 1,800 meters to 2,000 meters, ushering in state championship events.
Sarasota County Utilities crews are repairing a water main break that has interrupted service to about 700 residential units in the area of Seaside Drive off Midnight Pass Road on Siesta Key.
No doubt, plenty of Sarasota residents love to fish. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced four days this year that people in Florida can fish without having a license.
Sarasota City Commission set parking enforcement hours while also considering getting its money back for the electronic pay stations.
Florida Department of Transportation will make median improvements to Clark Road at Rand Boulevard.
Sarasota's city auditor and clerk has notified the city commission and interim city manager that Chance Craig's contract will be terminated.
Caren Lobo, wife of an Obama administration official, requested Sarasota, FL, government remove the "Defeat Obama in 2012" sign, but the city attorney says it's not an election sign.
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. When you change the clock, change your smoke alarm and weather radio batteries, too.
A panel discussion about a national foreclosure settlement will air in Sarasota County at 6 p.m. tonight on Comcast 19, Verizon 32 and online.
The Sarasota County Commission is expected to hear the public's thoughts March 14 on whether or not alcohol should be banned on Siesta Key Beach.
The Defeat Obama in 2012 signs are expected to pop up all across the country and are attracting national attention.
For the first time in 26 years, Sarasota's commissioner districts will have a slightly new look.
A miscommunication by the City Auditor and Clerk's Office to petitioner Robert Casella has the city attorney's office deciding not to pursue a dismissal of the appeal against the proposed Goodwill Manasota store.
The City Commission formally approved a four-month hiring freeze it discussed last week.
Sarasota City Commission has voted 3-2 to end the city's paid parking program and to make the Palm Avenue Parking Garage free.
President Barack Obama's campaign, Obama For America, has set up shop at 305 Gillespie Ave. in Sarasota.
City Commissioner Shannon Snyder said the city ought to think about privatizing the police department.
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner will come to Sarasota on Saturday for a fundraiser.
Midnight Pass Road will see two more crosswalks added on Siesta Key after a Florida Department of Transportation study was completed this month.
If the city is going to change something about its paid parking program, it ought to be the type of electronic meters it uses, merchants and residents said at a Thursday parking forum at Selby Library.
Vice Mayor Terry Turner wants to see broad long-range planning for the Northwest Sarasota corridor.
Residents want the city and county officials to add lighting, two bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides of Myrtle Street.
Susan Stanton, a transgendered female who was the former Largo city manager as Steven Stanton, is interested again in the Sarasota city manager post.
Sarasota County will host a grand opening for the Orioles Pirates Miracle League Field of Manasota in Longwood Park on Saturday.
A 9-hole disc golf course may be built in Payne Park for less than $6,000.
The Florida Legislature continues to tinker with alimony laws.
U.S. 41 will have drainage work completed between Versailles Street and Bee Ridge Road and the road will be widened in that stretch.
Sarasota's Parking Service Management Department will open up a dialogue about parking in the city at the Feb. 23 event, which will last from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Jack Geldbart Auditorium in Selbry Library.
A proposed makeover of Tamiami Trail in Sarasota to include roundabouts is designed to slow drivers down, and one city commissioner wanted the speed limit lowered in advance of the project.
Despite the large presence of Sarasota merchants at the meters protesting parking meters, the commission decided to keep the city's paid parking system.