Sarasota City Commissioners spent four hours discussing plans for a nearly $400 million new performing arts center, but they delayed a decision again.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, built in 1970, faces several challenges that have sparked discussions about its role and ...

Sarasota considers itself the cultural center of Florida’s west coast – perhaps of the state. Yet a recent guest column ...

Karins Engineering update to the Purple Ribbon Committee indicates long-term current use, without significant modifications, ...

Chief Warrant Officer John Gaynor Connolly served aboard the USS Oklahoma, which capsized during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Our small-city orchestra was blessed by the music making of a world-class conductor, says the letter writer. Akiyama died in ...

Officials with the local Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals cut a purple ribbon Monday to celebrate the completion ...

Young competitors won prizes for a variety of livestock in the Parade of Champions, which was held in the swine arena at the ...

Rain-smudged notes covered the dusty ground. Purple and yellow ribbons were tied along the fence. Since March 2, people have ...

Lake Zurich’s lake water was actually warmer, reporting on an online site at 32 degrees, when the 12th annual Purple Plunge ...

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - The stands at an eastern Iowa high school basketball game were filled with purple shirts and ribbons in memory of the school’s cheerleader who lost her life ...

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (KCRG) - The stands at an eastern Iowa high school basketball game are filled with purple shirts and ribbons Wednesday night in memory of a teen who died in a crash on Tuesday.