Sarasota

Spencer Anderson faced angry residents demanding answers after widespread flooding, and a Suncoast Searchlight and Florida Trident investigation later found a department in disarray under his leadership.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, will be at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Nov. 17 to talk about their grief after their son was taken by Hamas and killed.

Dewane led the diocese of about 260,000 Catholics for nearly 20 years before his retirement and was serving as bishop emeritus until his death Wednesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

A year after Stormwater Director Ben Quartermaine was brought on to lead the embattled department, Suncoast Searchlight and the Florida Trident set out to examine what has changed — and what hasn’t.

Nonprofit and business leaders in Sarasota discussed the struggle of making a living without protected status. One who works with individuals and families said some are "basically barricaded in their homes."

Biking and walking advocates in Tampa are gathering this weekend to spread the word about going car-free. And before L.A. became America’s movie-making hub, our state was "Hollywood East."

Residents seemed equal parts enthusiastic about the investments being made in their Sarasota community but skeptical about how this promised change could attract outside developers.

More than 100 unhoused people are affected by a Sarasota zoning dispute that has forced a church to suspend some of its services.

After years of financial losses, new leaders are working toward balanced budgets as they try to raise $500,000, for renovations at Payne Park Auditorium.

The Live Local Act was pitched as a way to fast-track affordable housing near urban centers by cutting through red tape to build large-scale apartment developments.

The 43-page report at the center of the dispute was commissioned by Sarasota County Schools and completed in April by the law firm Hultman + Joshi. It concluded the district failed to properly handle three separate complaints of teacher misconduct at Riverview High School.

Officials discussed options for fixing the parking division’s projected shortfall of about $2.6 million by 2028.