If you are looking for an opportunity to rally around local teachers — literally and figuratively — prior to back-to-school, ...

Here's where to find fireworks displays and other Fourth of July festivities in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties.

The Perla, at the Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park, 106 W. Mills Ave. also will have a celebration and offer great spot for seeing the fireworks from Southwest University Park. For those who like ...