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Around a dozen seabird and shorebird species nest on the state’s beaches and islands.

Sarasota police officer was allegedly hit by suspect Mark Thomas as he fled from cops.

Mark Thomas, 22, was arrested and faces felony charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and flee to elude with disregard to safety.

The Mercedes drove past a patrol car and hit the officer head-on, flipping him over the vehicle

Officers placed their patrol cars at the entrance and exit of a neighborhood to stop a white S-Series Mercedes.

An officer was struck by a suspect driving a stolen vehicle Monday night on Bird Key. He is expected to make a full recovery.

John Jakes, a superstar writer of historical fiction whose generational family sagas of the American Revolution and the Civil War mingled real and imaginary characters and became runaway bestsellers and popular television fare, died Saturday at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida. He was 90.

His sagas of the Revolution and the Civil War sold tens of millions of copies, were adapted for TV and put him in the pantheon of big-name authors.

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The event raised over $4,000 to go to Nate's capital campaign. The rescue is seeking $10 million to expand their facility.