SARASOTA - Save Our Y co-founders announce Wednesday morning a big win in their grassroots fight to stop both Sarasota YMCA locations from shutting down.

SARASOTA - The suspect gained access to a business in the 300 Block of John Ringling Boulevard and stole a painting and mirror worth $2,000.  

SARASOTA - One mural is on display from artist Truman Adams. Murals will be painted each month and each different painting will represent a facet that is synonymous with Sarasota including ballet, theater, dance, and visual arts. 

SARASOTA - According to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, an underground gas line was struck by construction crews in a parking lot adjacent to the hospital. 

 A body found floating in a north port retention pond Friday has been identified. 

The Sarasota School Board has expanded the scope of a sexual harassment investigation.  The Board also authorized an outside firm to investigate the Sarasota Classified/Teachers Association and administrative assistant Cheraina Bonner.

The new Venice Pier should reopen by Labor Day weekend.  Besides the new deck, contractors are busy working on  punch–list items, including electrical components for new turtle–friendly lighting.

VENICE - There is a 12 plus acre parcel of Venice Municipal Airport property that is commonly referred to as "circus property".

MANATEE COUNTY - Bradenton Christian School turned the page in a new chapter for their athletics and broke ground on a $19 million state-of-the art sports facility. It's future, reshaped for athletics at Bradenton Christian School. Dan Vande Pol, Superint

SARASOTA- The Sarasota YMCA board is meeting Tuesday to vote on a possible deal to save the Sarasota County YMCA.

SARASOTA COUNTY - 'Biography' host and Casey Key resident Jack Perkins dies at 85. He died Monday on Casey Key. Television viewers across the country remember Perkins from his work on "NBC Nightly News" and "The Today Show," along with his hosting duties

SARASOTA - Irish 31 pub is now open for business, sort of. The 3,000-square-foot restaurant is a higher-end eatery with a menu that's traditional Irish pub fare mixed with American fare. The restaurant will officially open at 3750 S. Tamiami Trail in Sara

VENICE - A proposed tree ordinance that would reimburse owners of 'Venetian Trees' for the cost of the annual trimming is getting a final review.The final draft of Venice's tree protection ordinance, will be reviewed by the Venice Planning Commission at a

PALMETTO - A Palmetto family is in mourning , and now they want railings and safety measures to be put in place at US 19 to prevent more accidents. At around 3:00 Saturday morning, family members say 13-year-old Tyler Pittard was walking along the shoulde

JACKSONVILLE - As if the prospect of an alligator in your yard wasn't scary enough, now they can climb fences! A gator scaled a fence at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida over the weekend. A woman was driving by Saturday when she caught the g

A vote on a deal to save a pair of popular Sarasota County YMCA locations could come as soon as Tuesday.

SARASOTA- Planned Parenthood is withdrawing from Title X funding, after federal  courts uphold the Trump Administration’s “gag rule.”  

 A late night traffic stop in South Sarasota Thursday night led deputies to a high-speed chase after a convicted felon carrying Fentanyl

PALMETTO - The driver of a truck troopers say struck three pedestrians, killing two, has turned himself into authorities.

There is new evidence in Sheena Morris' 2009 death, but officials are still reluctant to re-open the case.New evidence of marks caused by the pooling of blood after death,  known as lividity,  refutes the suicide conclusions of multiple investigations.

There's been a break in the early Saturday morning fatal hit–and –run case in Palmetto . According to Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of the white Chevy Silverado truck in question has come forward to authorities. 

Motorworks Brewery and Animal Networks hosts Yappy Hour for pets and their owners to sit back and enjoy the day.

An early morning crash in Venice leaves one dead and another injured.

The Manatee County Commission Board says property planned for affordable housing needs environmental cleanup.

A fire causes more $ 60,000 in damages to a Bradenton home.