Local News in Sarasota County

Peace & Justice Report: God Is in This Fight. Then: WBCN and the American Revolution

On Wednesday Sept. 18 Tom interviewed Ted Greenfield, creator of the anti-human trafficking organization Invisible Angels. Then he talked to the director of the film 'The Airways Belonged to the People - WBCN and the American Revolution'.

The Progressive Page Turner: The Day the World Stops Shopping

Could we stop the destruction of the environment by curtailing our consumption? In his book, J. B. MacKinnon examines how our insatiable appetite for consumer goods is at the heart of every environmental problem.

Sarasota County Commissioners approve 5,000-home project

Granting developer-requested zoning changes, they vote unanimously for - and gush over - Palmer Ranch East.

Candidates weigh in on Sarasota County’s Gulf Gate golf course acquisition

Both contenders for Joe Neunder’s seat endorse a purchase of the arsenic-laden, flood-prone land.

City keeps Newtown brownfield redevelopment project alive

Sarasota City Commissioners move towards rezoning the Marian Anderson site, with a proffer.

‘The Airwaves Belong to the People’ comes to Sarasota

Curbed by the pandemic, the documentary about rock station WBCN is now hitting the movie theater circuit.

Comicon draws superheroes, villains, aliens of all shapes and colors

WSLR’s Rhatia Murphy, on a personal quest, walks us through a day at the Tampa Bay Comic Convention.

NETWORKING: Crews Bank & Trust new Englewood branch groundbreaking

North Port Concert Band’s winning ‘algo-rhythm’ creates 41st season

Algorithms rule. Sites like Amazon and Netflix, platforms like Facebook and Instagram, use complex formulas called algorithms to cleverly track users’ clicks and keep them transfixed longer with the content they like best. But why use AI when you’ve got real-brain intelligence…

Former Booker Elementary students and teachers reflect on 9-11

25 years later, we hear from those who were next to George W. Bush when he received the news.

In North Port, hundreds protest data centers

In this solidly Republican city, concerns center on water and energy use, noise — and surveillance technology.

Fridge-sized rocks being placed to slow Bay Park flooding

They are part of a $10 million hardening project.