Sarasota Livin'

Sarasota County commissioners on Tuesday put a final stamp of approval on plans to expand Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park, a 1,374-acre plot east of Interstate 75 and south of University Parkway.

Sarasota County commissioners voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve the purchase of the property for a Red Sox spring training stadium.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 VIDEO: Whale thinks boat is mom Wildlife workers are trying to save the abandoned two week old whale calf who has been following the boat around.

Turnout in today's primary is expected to be low even though an unusually large array of local Sarasota offices are on the ballot.

Local elections officials had previously predicted a big turnout at the polls today, because of a good beginning to the early voting.

Published: Monday, August 25, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, August 25, 2008 at 7:28 p.m. According to a press release I received today, Suncoast Humane Society will be ending its animal control ...

State lawmakers could cut as much as $3 million in funding next year for local mental health agencies.

Tomorrow is Election Day on the Suncoast. There are several county commission races in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Leaders of Pakistan's coalition government on Tuesday set about seeking a replacement for President Pervez Musharraf and tackling pressing economic and security problems.

Published: Friday, August 22, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 22, 2008 at 9:31 a.m. Morgan Holmes of Sarasota captured the world champion performance halter mares title at the Ford American ...

Published: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 8:24 a.m. Mocha is a golden retriever / chow chow mix who weighs 53 pounds and is 9 years old.

An 18-year-old molested and took nude photographs of a sleeping girl, authorities say.

Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 5:39 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. SARASOTA , 6 a.m. -- Standing outside a boarded-up Emergency Operations Center, and cooled by a light ...

Sarasota County's new voting machines have a programming glitch that could cause votes to be lost on Election Day, the company that makes the system says.

A vehicle crash with roadblock on University Parkway and Cooper Creek Boulevard, Manatee County.

Dozens of college presidents across the nation want lawmakers to lower the legal drinking age to 18.

The Sarasota City Commission has decided on a location to build a spring-training ballpark for the Boston Red Sox.

Dane showed her feisty side at first. The caged 250-pound African lioness spread her jaw, displaying her lethal teeth.

Sarasota and Manatee County Emergency Managers are tallying up the tab for the Fay preparations.

Tornado Watch for most of south Florida; Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, Hardee and DeSoto Counties Under Hurricane Warning Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte county schools will be closed.