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Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Katie Grimes won the women’s 10-kilometer title at the open water national championships on Friday to earn a berth at this summer’s world aquatics championships.
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IMG Academy-Blue 27, St. Frances Academy, Md. 16
Lakeland 47, Mitchell 10
East Lake 38, Plant 14
IMG Academy-Blue 27, St. Frances Academy, Md. 16
Lakeland 47, Mitchell 10
East Lake 38, Plant 14
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Geneva Classical Academy 20, Hope Christian 13
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VENICE, Fla. (AP) — It was less than three weeks before the Sarasota County, Florida, school board election when the former White House national security adviser weighed in on the local political race.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order expanding voting access for the midterm elections in three counties where Hurricane Ian destroyed polling places and displaced thousands of people.
Hurricane Ian ravaged coastal towns in southwest Florida. But the impact has not been confined to the beaches and tourist towns.
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Alonso 40, Blake 18
Andrew Jackson 21, Westside 6
Armwood 28, Bloomingdale 14
Baker County 25, Oakleaf 20
Alonso 40, Blake 18
Andrew Jackson 21, Westside 6
Armwood 28, Bloomingdale 14
Baker County 25, Oakleaf 20
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) _ Helios Technologies, Inc. (HLIO) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $30 million.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) _ Roper Technologies Inc. (ROP) on Friday reported second-quarter earnings of $268.8 million.
A federal court judge sentenced a former Trump supporter to three years probation for an emailed threat to kill Rep.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A worker is dead following an accident while performing maintenance on a garbage truck in Florida, officials said.
The estate of an Illinois woman who died earlier this year from a listeria infection has filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida ice cream company that health officials have connected to a multistate outbreak.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which the parents of Gabby Petito claim that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their western trip.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay minor league pitcher David Hess threw one inning for the rookie-level FCL Rays on Tuesday, his first game since undergoing treatment for a cancerous tumor in his chest.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Texas won the first eights final on Sunday by more than five seconds to win a tie-breaker over Stanford and claim the Longhorns’ second consecutive NCAA rowing title.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) _ Helios Technologies, Inc. (HLIO) on Monday reported first-quarter net income of $30.5 million.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) _ Roper Technologies Inc. (ROP) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $2.02 billion.
Longtime college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale is celebrating after finishing chemotherapy at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles and slugger Trey Mancini have agreed on a $7.75 million, one-year deal to avoid arbitration that includes a $10 million mutual option for the 2023 season.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore Orioles rookie catcher Adley Rutschman has a strained right triceps and probably won’t be ready to start the season.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Cedric Mullins’ outstanding 2021 statistics for the Baltimore Orioles appear even more impressive after learning of the offseason surgery he had to overcome.
College basketball icon Dick Vitale was recognized by the Southeastern Conference for his contributions to the sport, the league and his fight against cancer.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) _ Helios Technologies, Inc. (HLIO) on Monday reported fourth-quarter profit of $23.6 million.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — The newest mayor of the city of Sarasota is the youngest and first Hispanic official to rise to that position.
MIAMI (AP) — A police officer shot and critically wounded a man suspected of invading a home and beating a couple with a rock after he tried to ram them with his car in a Burger King parking lot, officials said.
Police in Florida searched a vast wildlife reserve near the Gulf Coast for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials in one Florida county say they’re not disciplining employees who knowingly came to work after either testing positive for COVID-19 or experienced symptoms.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan said Monday he has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus even though he was fully vaccinated against the disease.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Chris Sale pitched in a game for the first time since Tommy John surgery in March 2020, throwing three scoreless innings Thursday for the FCL Red Sox at the FCL Orioles Orange.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer pressed his knee into the neck of a handcuffed black man a week before the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, a bystander’s video released this week shows - a release that has prompted a departmental investigation and the officer being placed on leav