Jane Herrin News Today

Longboat Key Fire Rescue and other local fire departments teamed up with Sarasota Memorial’s Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute to form the "Firefighter Cancer Collaborative.”

Lt. Ron Koper received the department's award for Employee of the Year.

Developers can now build permanently installed fire pits through a town-issued permitting process.

A new proposal seeks to allow town-issued permitting for fire pits outside of structures.