Our roster of October events in Sarasota and Manatee counties is packed with festivals this weekend, including four Oktoberfest-style celebrations and a pumpkin festival. A couple of the festivals are ...

FILKINS AND HIS WIFE, CRYSTAL, MOVED FROM THE DES MOINES AREA TO BRADENTON, FLORIDA, EIGHT YEARS AGO ... AND YOU HEAR ALL KINDS OF NOISES AND THINGS WERE HITTING THE THE METAL, THE METAL SHUTTERS.

Hundreds of people were without power and thousands remained in shelters Thursday more as emergency crews assessed the Sarasota, Manatee area.

International Ballet of Florida: Don Quixote: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2 p.m., at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts — Mahaffey ...

More than two-and-a-half million homes and businesses remain without power after the storm tore through the state.

This is the place for the latest news and developments for Hurricane Milton as it approaches Lee County and the Southwest ...

Hours after hurricane Milton slammed Florida's barrier islands, residents and business owners were allowed to return to ...

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And we've put together a list of the best things to do in Orlando for both adults and families alike. Though a stop to visit ...

Barrier islands were battered, and about 2.6 million customers were without power. Six of the deaths were in St. Lucie County, on the opposite coast from where the storm came ashore.

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening near Siesta Key in Sarasota County along the west coast of Florida as the National ... when there are changes to things like wind speed because ...