Sarasota News

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:01 p.m. This time, at least, it's a good thing if the Internal Revenue Service is looking for you. External Links: The IRS is sitting on nearly $520,000 in tax refund checks owed to 390...

The Sarasota County Health Department will open its first clinics Friday and Saturday at sites all over the county. Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Preschool and elementary-age children throughout Sarasota can begin to get the swine flu...

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:14 a.m. BB&T Corp., which just gained the No. Florida with the acquisition in August of failed Colonia Bank, has added insurance broker Oswald Trippe and Co. Inc. to its insurance unit. The Fort Myers-based...

They compared the DNA to 7 million known samples from criminals and prison inmates across the country, but they did not find a match. Meanwhile, the invasions continued, with perhaps nine more similar attacks in Sarasota and Manatee counties, including...

Big finish completes Indians' three-game sweep Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 1:00 a.m...Petersburg Northside Christian, a formidable foe, over the Sunshine Skyway licking its wounds. The Indians surrendered the lead only once in the first two games and looked...

The last apparent financial impediment to rebuilding Ed Smith Stadium was removed Wednesday when Florida's top economic development official committed to continue the state's monthly contributions to the project. In 2006, the state started putting $41,667 a month into a...

Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight, at the lectern, speaks at Monday�s press conference, where he is joined by officials from the Sarasota, Venice and Bradenton police departments and the Manatee County Sheriff�s Office. Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:00...

Federal regulators have ordered Century Bank to come up with a signed merger or sale deal by Sunday night, and to get it done by Nov. 11. The alternative -- unspoken but implicit in the Office of Thrift Supervision's "Prompt...