Police believe a series of home invasions targeting middle-aged and older women has climbed from two to five. ...more

March 16, 2009

Sarasota County would get two more years to find a new spring training baseball team to replace the Cincinnati Reds, according to legislation the Florida Senate is expected to take up this afternoon. State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, said she'll propose an amendment to Senate Bill 1308 that would essentially give Sarasota and Sarasota County two more years to build a new stadium. If they don't find a team by the end of two years, the money would go back to the state. ...more

March 10, 2009

Spruce up your running shoes and prepare to hit the beach for the 23rd annual Run for the Turtles. ...more

March 7, 2009

A 70-year-old man died Saturday afternoon in Sarasota County when he failed to make a curve on his motorcycle, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

March 1, 2009

A Sarasota man has been arrested on federal charges that he sent threatening e-mail to people, including a state representative. ...more

February 12, 2009

The body of Lauren Whitney Lichon was discovered just after 2 p.m. Thursday, east of North Rye Road and about 20 feet south of Rye Wilderness Trail. ...more

February 6, 2009

A crash involving several vehicles has closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County at Laurel Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said today. ...more

February 3, 2009

Sarasota County deputies arrested a registered sex offender Thursday night that they say absconded from Massachusetts in spring 2008. ...more

January 16, 2009

TAMPA -- After more than a year of investigation, Tampa police can't find any evidence that a woman who reported she was raped during 2007's Gasparilla festivities was attacked, a report states. Police released the 52-page report today in response to a public records request. ...more

January 14, 2009

Joining the wave of toys painted with lead-based paint and the tainted infant formula, drywall from China is now raising a concern. ...more

January 13, 2009