From downtown Sarasota to UTC, seven exciting new restaurants are coming soon — including a spinoff of a spot co-founded by Michael Jordan.

Fred Piccolo Jr. used different cars, concealed license plates, and switched tactics in exposing himself to women, court ...

From Florida, meanwhile, we have two Blues Music Award-nominated artists and two of the top groups that call Sarasota-Manatee home, one playing after recently returning from France and another ...

Sarasota County School District leaders have selected Mark Grossenbacher, a former middle school administrator, as first principal of Wellen Park HS ...

Manatee County will create a citizens advisory committee to collaborate with Florida's State Department of Government Efficiency to cut spending.

Josh Rhodes, who brought life to many classic musicals at Asolo Rep, brings a new take to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’ ...

The Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County is convening a childcare community meeting this summer to brainstorm solutions.

Robert Prevost, the first American Pope, elected by the papal conclave on Thursday, has family in Southwest Florida.

VENICE – Most Rev. Frank J. Dewane, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Venice, asked that members of the Diocese join him in prayer for Pope Leo XIV – referred to as the Successor of St. Peter – as the ...

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USA TODAY's Florida Network checked in with some of IMG's top recruits after a busy spring. Here's the latest recruiting intel from the Ascenders.

Manatee County commissioners, with one absent, split on proposal to regulate vacation rentals, ending progress on initiative to address concerns.