VENICE, Fla. — A person is missing after a boat crash Wednesday morning on the Myakka River in Sarasota County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. FWC responded around ...

VENICE, Fla. — A body was found Friday in the Myakka River during a search for a person who went missing more than a week ago. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission first responded ...

“Myakka River State Park, 17 miles east of Sarasota, Florida, is as popular during the winter months as during the summer. The park's scenic river, rendezvous of myriads of exotic birds, is a favorite ...

Our Gulf beaches are world famous, but Sarasota has another great body of water—the Myakka, celebrating its 40th anniversary as Florida’s only “Wild and Scenic River.” It was daybreak when we slipped ...