APRIL 10, 2024
Mid-week Update

DeSantis signs tougher penalties for retail theft, ‘porch piracy,’ into law

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Wednesday boosting penalties for retail theft, including sanctions for “porch pirates” who steal deliveries from outside people’s homes. MORE



Get in on the Giving Challenge!

The Community Foundation of Sarasota's annual Giving Challenge runs through Wednesday at noon. For a 24-hour period, the Patterson Foundation provides a dollar-for-dollar match on all unique … MORE



BayCare Plans North Manatee County Hospital

BayCare Health System recently unveiled plans for its first Manatee County hospital. According to a company press release, BayCare Hospital Manatee is scheduled to break ground … MORE



Theater Review: Troubadour

On Friday, Florida Studio Theater opened its Florida debut of Janece Shaffer’s Troubadour , a country music tale with songs by Kristian Bush. It’s 1951, and Billy … MORE



McCutchen Leading Way for New Look Pirates

With several new faces representing the present and future of the Pittsburgh Pirates, make no mistake, Andrew McCutchen remains the club’s leader. Now, at the start of his sixteenth MLB … MORE



The BioFile: J.J. Wolf

J.J. Wolf is the 94th-ranked player on the ATP World Tour. He will compete in this week's Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open ATP Challenger at Payne Park in Sarasota. Wolf's highest ranking so far was 39 … MORE






Manatee County Seeking Citizens Oversight Committee Member

Manatee County is seeking a citizen to serve on the advisory committee on Infrastructure Sales Tax.   The committee, which makes recommendations to the Board of County … MORE