The Florida Department of Health is reporting 760,389 cases of COVID-19 involving 750,739 residents. It’s an increase of 3,611 cases since Monday’s report.
Proceeds raised from Thunder By The Bay provide financial support to Suncoast Charities for Children impacting six area local non-profit agencies serving over 5,000 children, teens, and adults with special needs.
The closure began Monday, Oct. 19 and will be extended through Thursday, Oct. 22 . The roadway will be reopened on Friday, Oct. 23 through the weekend, then closed again on Monday, Oct. 26.
Blake Medical Center is home to the only Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Center in Manatee County and plays a vital role in the hospital’s continuum of care.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is penalizing the Braden River Rehabilitation Center and a company named Healthcare Services Group for violations.
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office has received complaints referencing voter intimidation via email. These e-mails are allegedly from the Proud Boys. The e-mails state your name, address, and voter information.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported Monday it has made six arrests and a seventh person is wanted in a trafficking operation that centered on poaching flying squirrels from rural Marion County.
Both Sarasota and Manatee County School Districts say they are expecting even more students to be back on campus as they transition to the second quarter, so social distancing and masks will be even more enforced.
The letter comes after Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire introduced the State and Local Coronavirus Relief Fund Extension Act.
The North American Butterfly Association (NABA) names the Monty Andrews Arboretum in West Blalock Park in Venice a Certified Butterfly Garden. The certificate confirms the garden/habitat provides resources to increase the world’s butterfly population
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) received a nearly $5 million emergency grant to implement a Crisis Counseling Program to help Floridians respond to the behavioral health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In-person early voting is kicking off Monday in most Florida counties. If you are a voter in the Suncoast, here are some resources to find out where you need to go!
All lanes are currently blocked on I-275 northbound at mile marker eight on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge due to a traffic crash that has occurred in the area.
After ending her procedures, she remembers having a hard time catching her breath when going up a flight of stairs. That’s when she made a decision that changed her life.
With in-person early voting starting in many counties across Florida on Monday, Oct. 19, Biden will encourage supporters to make a plan to vote early and to join the campaign in getting out the vote across the state.
As election supervisors report an increase in mail-in ballots in the state of Florida, here are some ways to make sure your voice has been heard in this important election.
Scientists and researches visited the 'Green Banana'. This is an underwater cavern off the coast of Florida that humans had never fully explored—until last month.
This is the time of year we normally see cold fronts moving through every couple of weeks but not this crazy year of 2020.A weak cold front will drift through the area late Friday and will not chill us out much. We will see only a slight increase in cloudiness late Friday along with a slight chan
A driver is behind bars after the Florida Highway Patrol says the individual fired a shot toward another vehicle on I-75 during an apparent road rage incident.
Medicare has an estimated 60 million beneficiaries across the country, accounting for 18 percent of the total U.S. population. Florida ranks second only to California for the highest number of Medicare beneficiaries.
The Florida Department of Health has released its Thursday COVID-19 totals. The state is reporting 744,988 total COVID-19 cases statewide involving 735,685 Florida residents.
A judge said Wednesday that she will decide soon whether to allow Jerry Harris to be released from jail and placed on home confinement while he awaits trial on child pornography charges.
Well that was fast! We now have 3 areas of concern that the First Alert Weather team is watching right now. All of them have a small chance of developing over the next 5 days, less than 30%. Disturbance 1 or 93L is located near the Lesser Antilles and only has a 10% chance as it moves to the WNW a
Florida Health says vaccinating against the flu helps keep hospital admission rates down and one less person admitted to the hospital with the flu helps ensure that hospital workers will not fall ill
Brown had previously asked the union to drop the lawsuit in the spirit of the new year, and with a new superintendent coming in, which they had not previously agreed to do.
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System opened a new outpatient care center Wednesday with a state-of-the-art endoscopy suite and expanding specialty practice dedicated to early detection and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and other digestive diseases and disorders.
A Nokomis man who recently finished serving a 10-year sentence for vehicular homicide has been taken into custody on charges that he was dealing drugs.
Not much chance for rain through Thursday as some dry air in the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere remain overhead.Temperatures will stay slightly above average through Friday morning and then back down to more seasonable readings by the weekend.
All donors will receive a free Halloween t-shirt and a wellness checkup to include blood pressure, temperature, iron count, pulse, and cholesterol screening. Additionally, a free COVID-19 antibody test is available for all successful donors.
The organization released a statement developed by Selby Gardens' Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce. The organization says this statement will guide the effort to ensure that all in the community - regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, or financial status - feel welcome.
President Donald Trump’s administration had asked the nation’s high court to suspend a district court’s order permitting the 2020 census to continue through the end of the month.
