Local officials briefed the Sarasota County Commission that a new jail facility could cost $700 million, as inmate ...

The six-story, 100-bed facility is slated for an undeveloped 32-acre parcel on North Sumter Boulevard near Interstate 75. The ...

The BriefSarasota County Fire Department will soon be carrying whole blood.Beginning Feb. 10, 3 EMS captains will be equipped ...

Sarasota County Commissioners voted to expand the county’s fire service boundary. Thousands of residents in Nokomis will now ...

Police are asking anyone with more information to call 941-316-1199 or Crime Stoppers of Sarasota at 941-366-TIPS.

Currently Nokomis residents fund the Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department through a $100 donation, but that will soon change ...

The School Board’s first workshop of 2025 saw charter schools front and center, with an overview on growth and the district's relationship with them.

Sarasota County officials announced they expect another $210 million in recovery funds from the federal government for hurricane damage since Ian.

Sarasota police, with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, arrested Everett White, 44, of Sarasota.

Manatee County announced they had been awarded a $250 million grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

Sarasota County’s class of 2024 achieved a graduation rate of 92.5%, the highest in district history, according to new Department of Education data.