The Latest Breaking News from Sarasota

The devastation from Hurricane Ian has left schools shuttered indefinitely in parts of Florida, leaving storm-weary families anxious for word on when and how children can get back to classrooms

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian’s projected path shifted to the south Tuesday and farther away from Tampa Bay, a heavily populated region highly vulnerable to storm surge flooding, but the storm was still shaping up as a potential wide-ranging disaster for Florida.

The Florida education law requires all reading material in schools be ‘selected’ by a certified education media specialist, and the Sarasota school district doesn’t currently have one

A local Rotary Club and nonprofit have given dictionaries to Sarasota, Fla., schools for over a decade. The district declined this year amidst amidst a book freeze while it navigates a new state law.

TAMPA, Fla. — Sixteen flavors of Sarasota-produced ice cream linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak contained the bacteria, Florida officials have confirmed.

TAMPA, Fla. — The crowd was buzzing the evening of May Day in Sarasota as the line of people snaked around the sidewalk waiting to get into the preview party for PopStroke, the latest entertainment center by Tiger Woods. The golf superstar’s rapidly growing chain plans to expand into Tampa…

Tiger Woods didn't make it to the ribbon-cutting for the latest PopStroke location but his paw prints are still all over it.

David Hannon, 67, of Sarasota, pleaded guilty in Tampa federal court to one count of threatening a federal official

SARASOTA, Fla. — Tampa Bay residents have a tendency to brush aside concerns about hurricane season as annual forecasts arrive each spring.