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Bucs Win First Game Behind Rookie QB, Lightning Roll to Third Straight Victory

Friday, October 9

Tampa Bay sports fans had plenty to celebrate Thursday night. The Buccaneers traveled to Arlington without starting quarterback Baker Mayfield and came home with a 24-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys, their first victory of the season. Undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels made the most... Read More.

Doctors Say Later School Start Times Could Help Sleep-Deprived Teens on the Suncoast

Friday, October 9

If your teenager drags themselves out of bed before sunrise and stumbles through first period, the science says that’s not laziness. It’s biology. Pediatric and sleep medicine groups recommend middle and high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m., because teens’ internal clocks naturally... Read More.

STEAM Saturdays Return to Sarasota’s Fab Lab With Pickle Rockets and Robot Builds

Friday, October 9

Sarasota families looking for Saturday morning plans just got a good one. STEAM Saturdays are back this fall at the Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab Lab, 4452 S. Beneva Road, with weekly hands-on classes for students in grades 2-3, 4-5 and 6-8. Sessions run from... Read More.

DeSantis: 16,000 Lineworkers Staged as Florida Preps for Storm

Friday, October 9

Florida is getting ahead of the storm. Gov. Ron DeSantis said search-and-rescue teams, utility crews, and transportation workers are already staged across the state, along with high-water vehicles, small rescue vessels, and fuel. About 16,000 lineworkers are ready to respond once conditions allow.The governor... Read More.

Flood Warning Issued for Manatee River Near Myakka Head: What Kibler Area Residents Need to Know

Friday, October 9

The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay has issued a flood warning for the Manatee River near Myakka Head at SR 64 after heavy rainfall pushed the river above bankfull. As of 9:15 p.m. Thursday, the river stage sat at 9.9 feet. Bankfull is... Read More.

Senior Discounts Are Everywhere on the Suncoast — Experts Say the Secret Is Simply Asking

Friday, October 9

If you’re 65 or older and living here on the Suncoast, there’s a good chance you’re missing out on savings you’ve already earned. Senior discounts exist at museums, airlines, hotels, pharmacies, cell phone carriers, and even on property taxes and utility assistance. The problem... Read More.

Medicare Advantage or Traditional Medicare? The One-Time Enrollment Window Suncoast Families Shouldn’t Miss

Friday, October 9

Every year, thousands of Suncoast residents make one of the biggest financial decisions of their retirement without realizing there’s a deadline attached. When you first enroll in Medicare, you have a one-time window to sign up for coverage with no medical underwriting. No health... Read More.

Essential Tremor vs. Parkinson’s: How Suncoast Doctors Tell the Difference

Friday, October 9

A new tremor in the hands, head or voice sends most people straight to one worry: Parkinson’s disease. Physicians say that fear is common, but essential tremor is a separate movement disorder with different timing and different causes. The clearest distinction is when the... Read More.

Sarasota-Area Alert: Researchers Turn Wood Waste Into Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries, 60% Longer Life

Friday, October 9

The lithium-ion battery in your phone, laptop, or power tool does its job invisibly until it doesn’t. Fire officials describe the failure mode, thermal runaway, as reaching 1,000 degrees in under a minute, and one Michigan family recently survived two battery fires just two... Read More.

Butterfly Whisperer of Myrtle Beach Shows How Backyards Can Help Monarchs, and Suncoast Yards Can Too

Friday, October 9

A 2026 report from the Center for Biological Diversity confirms what a lot of us have noticed on the Suncoast: migratory eastern monarchs are still vulnerable to extinction. Every fall, these butterflies travel up to 3,000 miles from Canada and the northern U.S. to... Read More.

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Bucs Win First Game Behind Rookie QB, Lightning Roll to Third Straight Victory

Doctors Say Later School Start Times Could Help Sleep-Deprived Teens on the Suncoast

STEAM Saturdays Return to Sarasota’s Fab Lab With Pickle Rockets and Robot Builds

DeSantis: 16,000 Lineworkers Staged as Florida Preps for Storm

Flood Warning Issued for Manatee River Near Myakka Head: What Kibler Area Residents Need to Know

Senior Discounts Are Everywhere on the Suncoast — Experts Say the Secret Is Simply Asking

Medicare Advantage or Traditional Medicare? The One-Time Enrollment Window Suncoast Families Shouldn’t Miss

Essential Tremor vs. Parkinson’s: How Suncoast Doctors Tell the Difference

Sarasota-Area Alert: Researchers Turn Wood Waste Into Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries, 60% Longer Life

Butterfly Whisperer of Myrtle Beach Shows How Backyards Can Help Monarchs, and Suncoast Yards Can Too

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