The proliferations have become increasingly common in recent years and can have health and economic impacts in affected areas ...

A baby and a 2-year-old were killed when a driver ran over a family as they crossed a busy Florida highway, according to investigators. The driver sped away and remains at large, the Sarasota Police ...

Republican Lawmaker Introduces Bipartisan Bills Against Child Sex Dolls and Exploitation Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL) ...

A Sarasota man accused of exposing himself in public was arrested Tuesday after getting into a chase with a North Port police ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Sarasota police say they've tracked down the car involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a 5-month-old and 2-year-old dead and their mother in critical condition. The crash ...

Fish kills lingered across several Sarasota and Manatee County beaches after the long President's Day weekend.

Fairs and festivals, local St. Patrick's Day and Mardi Gras celebrations, and other events in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte ...

Dead fish littered many Sarasota and Manatee County beaches into Presidents Day as red tide offshore of Southwest Florida ...

A FWC map from Tuesday afternoon showed varying degrees of red tide in the water off Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Investigators believe this is the vehicle that struck the family as they crossed a highway in Sarasota, Florida ... lanes and lined with businesses, maps show. “The victims of the crash ...