SARASOTA - Westfield Southgate is pleased to announce that Ziti, a new restaurant featuring Asian-Italian fusion, opened to the public Friday, February 1.

SARASOTA - The Gulf Gate Library, 7112 Curtiss Ave., Sarasota, will close its doors at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, in anticipation of reopening in the Westfield Sarasota Square Mall, 8201 South Tamiami Trail, next to J.C. Penney.

SARASOTA - Sarasota County commissioners, Gulf Gate Library staff and representatives of Westfield Mall will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, to celebrate the opening of the new library service in the Westfield Sarasota Square Mall, 8201 South Tamiami Trail. The new library is located at the southern end of the mall next to JC Penney.

SARASOTA - An elderly couple is in serious condition after a vehicle crash at a local mall.

SARASOTA - The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested the man suspected of robbing a woman at knife point at the Bank of America ATM last Saturday night.

SARASOTA - A Sarasota judge has sentenced a man responsible for a crime spree through Sarasota to life, twice.

SARASOTA -  Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, and while many people waited in lines for hours to get deals on things such as tablets, phones, and other hot list electronics, local malls also saw a good turnout.

SARASOTA - Christmas may be over, but some say the holiday shopping season is far from ending.

Five Miami men have been arrested after a police chase that started after an armed robbery at a Sarasota jewelry store.