− DG & WT Wade Tatangelo is Ticket Editor for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and Florida Regional Dining and Entertainment Editor for the USA TODAY Network. He can be reached by email atwade ...

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport’s newest terminal is now open with three new restaurants and other convenient features for travelers. The Florida Gulf Coast airport had a ribbon cutting ...

HARTFORD – Connie J. McConnell, 69, of Hartford, Kentucky entered her heavenly home on January 15th, 2025 at the Heartford House in Owensboro, Kentucky. She was born May 13th, 1955 in Centertown, ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. The invasive snake was first recorded in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and quickly put a ...

Connie Dabate was murdered in 2015 in the quaint community of Ellington, Connecticut. The mother of two was shot dead in her own home, allegedly by a masked intruder during a home invasion ...

Americans have been flocking to Florida in recent years ... Panama City, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, St. Cloud and Titusville. For the fifth year in a row, the Golden State lost the most people.

Getting too close to first responders on the job in Florida is now illegal if you've been warned. As of Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, the "HALO" law – Honoring and Listening to Our Officers – went ...

The holiday season has been a rough one for the Sarasota dining scene, with three major restaurant closings occurring in December, including one on New Year's Eve. Now, Sarasota's first and only ...

Connie Ferguson's family is growing bigger, and we couldn't be happier for her. The actress' first daughter, Lesedi Matsunyane-Ferguson, had the streets buzzing when she revealed she is expecting her ...

But when that freshwater is released to prevent flooding, it can make red tide blooms worse off the coast of Sarasota, around 100 miles away. That's according to a peer-reviewed study in The Florida ...

Andrew Warfield is the Sarasota Observer city reporter. He is a four-decade veteran of print media. A Florida native, he has spent most of his career in the Carolinas as a writer and editor ...

Connie died peacefully in the presence of her family on Thursday, December 26, 2024. She was the wife of the late Warren W. Francis, M.D., to whom she was married for 59 years. Born on July 9 ...