The SunCoast Blood Bank is asking for donations of O-Negative blood as they are currently experiencing a shortage, with ‘critically’ low levels of that type, officials said.
Increased carbon absorption in the ocean will lead to acidification, according to NOAA. New research from Florida State University shows that the conditions could help red tide to thrive in Florida waters.
A convoy of emergency and first responder vehicles will drive from Bradenton to Duette Wednesday morning for a training exercise, which will simulate a tornado event.
How did one family from Manatee County become the start of a movement to legalize smokable medical marijuana in the state of Florida? Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill rescinding a ban on smoking medical pot.
The gun control protest led by students in the wake of the Parkland shooting returned to Sarasota on Saturday morning. Even in the rain, more than 100 marched to call for more gun reform from elected officials.
Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville brand enters final phase with new Compass hotel ground breaking at One Particular Harbour on Perico Island in Bradenton.
The School District of Manatee County is asking for an agreement with developer Pat Neal for about 40 acres of land to account for the impact of an upcoming 6,000-home North River Ranch master plan community.
Floridays Development Company of Sarasota is seeking approvals to build a five-story, 118-room hotel and 7,000-square-foot restaurant at Lakewood Ranch, FL, north of University Parkway and east of Interstate 75.
An orangutan mother has been blinded after being shot with at least 74 air gun pellets on Indonesia's Sumatra island, where threats to the endangered species have increased.
State agriculture officials have ordered the quarantine or a second and third horse facility in southern Nevada that tested positive for an equine herpes virus after the state high school rodeo last month in Pahrump.
Healthcare tycoon Philip Esformes’ payments to Key Worldwide Foundation, operated by college consultant William “Rick” Singer, surfaced during recent testimony at a $1 billion Medicare fraud trial in Miami federal court.
Sarasota Police are looking for the person who officers said climbed to a second-floor balcony of a Sarasota home and left with thousands of dollars in jewelry. Home video footage captured images of the burglar.
Sarasota police are looking for the person seen in surveillance video who climbed into a second-story bedroom and stole $25,000 in jewelry from a home on March 9, 2019.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Ellen Sue Venzer did not take kindly to Miami’s Jesus Alvarez making excuses for burning his girlfriend to death in 2011. He agreed to serve 40 years in prison for the murder of Margarita Blanco.
Sarasota Police are looking for the person who officers said climbed to a second-floor balcony of a Sarasota home and left with thousands of dollars in jewelry. Home video footage captured images of the burglar.
