There are times like now, when the seasonal crowds have dissipated, that driving over the Ringling Bridge and through St. Armands Circle and Longboat Key becomes a joy again. A leisurely 24-hour ...

More than six years after a fatal armed robbery that left two employees dead at Longboat Key’s Zota Beach Resort, detectives have made a second arrest in the case. Latoya Hanna, 35, was arrested in ...

Once a doting Hilton, now part of the trendy Opal Collection, this stylish remake is perfectly positioned on Longboat Key, a 20-minute drive to Sarasota and the Ringling Circus Museum. It is wedged ...

Just in time for spring, Viento Kitchen + Bar, the restaurant inside Longboat Key's Zota Beach Resort, has overhauled its menu. The restaurant has added new options to its breakfast, lunch, happy hour ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) – A Bradenton man is recounting a chilling conversation he had with Darryl Hanna just hours after the Longboat Key killings. Around 2:30 a.m. on August 4, police say 29-year-old ...

Three local resorts have been honored by Condé Nast Traveler readers as part of the magazine's readers' choice list of the top 30 resorts in Florida. The Zota Beach Resort, Ritz-Carlton Sarasota and ...

A woman has pleaded guilty to principal robbery with a firearm on Jan. 29, 2026, in connection to the 2017 Zota Beach Resort murders on Longboat Key, where a resort manager and security guard were ...

Located on a breathtaking stretch of white sand beach on Longboat Key, you’ll find the luxurious, Zota Beach Resort. With187 stylish guest rooms and suites, guests are sure to feel at home in the ...

Guests talked to a law enforcement officer during a double-homicide investigation at the luxury Zota Beach Resort on Longboat Key in 2017. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com More than six years ...