Local officials briefed the County Commission that a new jail facility could cost $700 million, as inmate overcrowding become ...

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate Jacques Gentis, who is wanted for multiple felony warrants.

Already well in excess of operational capacity, county commissioners learn an expansion of the county jail will likely cost a ...

A man who Sarasota County deputies call a “known narcotics dealer" is behind bars after they say searches of his car and home ...

Sarasota police, with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, arrested Everett White, 44, of Sarasota.

Some 20 years after Sarasota was named "the meanest city in America" for criminalizing homelessness, the city has changed for ...

A first responder from the Sarasota County Fire Department calls for the evacuation of a "shooting victim" during an active shooter training exercise Jan 30. Sarasota County first responders staged a ...

Sarasota County officials have begun to pound the drum on the need for a new jail facility, which they estimate could cost taxpayers as much as $700 million. The eye-popping figure led to some ...