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Longtime TV personality Jerry Springer and Suncoast resident Jerry Springer has died.

Springer, who lived on Bird Key, had a decades-long love affair with the state.

Best known as host of the "Jerry Springer" show, Springer was a longtime resident of Sarasotas Bird Key.

“He was one of the goofiest people you’ll ever meet.”

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dozens of critical habitat areas for threatened shorebirds will be protected after a U.S. District Court in Charleston handed down an order prohibiting three groups from harvesting

The National Park Service will be closing sections of the moat wall at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park during the months of April, May and June, while

The National Park Service will be closing sections of the moat wall at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park during the months of April, May and June, while

For anyone heading to Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida in the coming months, know that portions of the moat around Fort Jefferson will be closed to snorkeling as repairs to sections damaged by hurricanes are made.

Red tide has cleared up for the first time in weeks, but cold and stormy weather is in the forecast in Sarasota and Manatee this weekend.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources reminds beachgoers to keep a distance from nesting coastal birds during the season, March through October.